Knelman, Judith. <br/><br/>
Twisting in the Wind :  The Murderess and the English Press. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (351 pages) 
 - Heritage Series .
 - Heritage Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442682818 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crime and the press-England-History-19th century.<br/>Women-Press coverage-England-History-19th century.<br/>Women murderers-England-History-19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6046 .K545 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4/493641523/0820