The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders

The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / Caroline McCracken-Flesher.

A series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with terror. When the perpetrators were finally apprehended in 1828, their motive roiled the nation: William Burke and William Hare had murdered for profit. The cadavers supplied a ready payout, courtesy of D...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCracken-Flesher, Caroline
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Burke, William, > 1792-1829.
Hare, William, > 1792?-1870?
Burke, William, > 1792-1829
Burke, William > 1792-1829
Hare, William > 1792-1870
Literature and history > Scotland.
Crime in popular culture > Scotland.
English literature > Scottish authors > History and criticism.
Murder in mass media.
National characteristics, Scottish, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Crime in popular culture
English literature > Scottish authors
Literature and history
Murder in mass media
National characteristics, Scottish, in literature
Literatur
Mord
Rezeption
Scotland
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Medicine, murder, and Scottish story: Doctor Knox and Burke and Hare
  • The story begins: The law versus the press, and the doctor versus Walter Scott
  • Enlightened system versus religious sympathy: The sensational tales of Alexander Leigton and David Pae
  • Dissecting the doctor: Mr. Jekyll, Dr. Hyde, and Robert Knox
  • Anatomizing the audience: James Bridie, melodrama, and the movies
  • Bringing out the dead: Silent victims speak in Alasdair Gray's Poor things
  • Resting in pieces? Present comforts or restless futures in Ian Rankin's Scotland.

Similar Items