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Twisting in the Wind : The Murderess and the English Press.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Heritage SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (351 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442682818
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Twisting in the WindDDC classification:
  • 070.4/493641523/0820
LOC classification:
  • HV6046 .K545 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Patterns and Perceptions -- 1. The Case of the Vanishing Murderess -- 2. The Popular Press -- Part Two: Murder -- 3. Multiple Murder -- 4. Murder of Husbands, Lovers, or Rivals in Love -- 5. Child Murder -- 6. Baby-Farming and Infanticide -- 7. Murder of and by Servants -- 8. Murder of the Elderly -- Part Three: Meaning -- 9. The Image of the Murderess -- 10. The Feminine Perspective -- 11. The Body of the Murderess -- 12. The Murder of the Murderess -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Murders by women were sensationalized in the English press during the 19th-century. Knelman analyses histories of different kinds of murder and explores how press representations of the murderess contributed to the Victorian construction of femininity.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Patterns and Perceptions -- 1. The Case of the Vanishing Murderess -- 2. The Popular Press -- Part Two: Murder -- 3. Multiple Murder -- 4. Murder of Husbands, Lovers, or Rivals in Love -- 5. Child Murder -- 6. Baby-Farming and Infanticide -- 7. Murder of and by Servants -- 8. Murder of the Elderly -- Part Three: Meaning -- 9. The Image of the Murderess -- 10. The Feminine Perspective -- 11. The Body of the Murderess -- 12. The Murder of the Murderess -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Murders by women were sensationalized in the English press during the 19th-century. Knelman analyses histories of different kinds of murder and explores how press representations of the murderess contributed to the Victorian construction of femininity.

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