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050 4 _aHV6046 .K545 1998
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100 1 _aKnelman, Judith.
245 1 0 _aTwisting in the Wind :
_bThe Murderess and the English Press.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c1998.
264 4 _c©1998.
300 _a1 online resource (351 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHeritage Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aMurders 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCrime and the press-England-History-19th century.
650 0 _aWomen-Press coverage-England-History-19th century.
650 0 _aWomen murderers-England-History-19th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKnelman, Judith
_tTwisting in the Wind
_dToronto : University of Toronto Press,c1998
_z9780802074201
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aHeritage Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4672202
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