1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699654103321

Autore

Ferrari R. L (Ronald L.)

Titolo

Beulah Reservoir [[electronic resource] ] : 2000 reservoir survey / / by Ronald L. Ferrari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denver, Colo. : , : Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group, Water Resources Services, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, , [2001]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, maps

Soggetti

Reservoir sedimentation - Oregon - Malheur County

Sedimentation and deposition - Oregon - Malheur County - Remote sensing

Reservoirs - Oregon - Malheur River

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 4, 2011).

"March 2001."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 9).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974506303321

Autore

Halttunen Karen <1951->

Titolo

Murder most foul : the killer and the American Gothic imagination / / Karen Halttunen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1998

ISBN

9780674038172

0674038177

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 322p., [32]p. of plates ) : ill., facsims., plan, ports

Disciplina

364.15/23/0973

Soggetti

Gothic revival (Literature) - United States

Murder in literature

Murder - United States

Murder - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction 1. The Murderer as Common Sinner 2. The Birth of Horror 3. The Pornography of Violence 4. The Construction of Murder as Mystery 5. Murder in the Family Circle 6. Murdering Medusa 7. The Murderer as Mental Alien Epilogue Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this text, Karen Halttunen explores the changing view of murder from early New England sermons read at the public executions, through to the true crime literature and tabloid reporting of the late 1990's.