Domestic murder in nineteenth-century England : literary and cultural representations

Domestic murder in nineteenth-century England : literary and cultural representations / by Bridget Walsh.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walsh, Bridget, 1964-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Limited ; Ashgate Pub. Company, 2014.
Subjects:	1800-1899 English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism. Murder in literature. Family violence in literature. Social values in literature. National characteristics in literature. Social values > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Murder > Press coverage > Great Britain > History > 19th century. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature Family violence in literature Murder in literature National characteristics in literature Popular literature Social values Social values in literature Presse Englisch Literatur Trivialliteratur Mord > Motiv Häusliche Gewalt > Motiv Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Littérature populaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique. Meurtre > Dans la littérature. Great Britain Großbritannien Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
"The demon in the dock": domestic murder in street literature and the newspaper press
"The theatre of his deep dyed guilt": domestic murder and the Victorian stage
"Mixed motives and mixed morality": the Newgate novel debate
"Monsters of affection": the male domestic murderer and models of masculinity
"Changed, indeed, but not transformed": the fin de siècle and the female domestic murderer
Conclusion.