LEADER 03835nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910787546803321 005 20230821234211.0 010 $a0-8122-0848-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812208481 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418220 035 $a(OCoLC)859160554 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001076167 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11605663 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001076167 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11014064 035 $a(PQKB)10104805 035 $a(OCoLC)682304143 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25633 035 $a(DE-B1597)449588 035 $a(OCoLC)979881188 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812208481 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748479 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682440 035 $a(OCoLC)932312986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442090 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418220 100 $a20130830d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeadly encounters $etwo Victorian sensations /$fRichard D. Altick 205 $aNew Edition 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d1986. 215 $a1 online resource (164 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-322-51158-6 311 0 $a0-8122-1756-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPreface --$tChapter One. The Dawning Age of Sensation --$tChapter Two. Deadly Encounters --$tChapter Three. The Press Responds --$tChapter Four. From Fact to Fiction --$tChapter Five. The Novel Experience --$tBibliographical Note --$tIndex 330 $aIn July 1861 London newspapers excitedly reported two violent crimes, both the stuff of sensational fiction. One involved a retired army major, his beautiful mistress and her illegitimate child, blackmail and murder. In the other, a French nobleman was accused of trying to kill his son in order to claim the young man's inheritance. The press covered both cases with thoroughness and enthusiasm, narrating events in a style worthy of a popular novelist, and including lengthy passages of testimony. Not only did they report rumor as well as what seemed to be fact, they speculated about the credibility of witnesses, assessed character, and decided guilt. The public was enthralled. Richard D. Altick demonstrates that these two cases, as they were presented in the British press, set the tone for the Victorian "age of sensation." The fascination with crime, passion, and suspense has a long history, but it was in the 1860's that this fascination became the vogue in England. Altick shows that these crimes provided literary prototypes and authenticated extraordinary passion and incident in fiction with the "shock of actuality." While most sensational melodramas and novels were by lesser writers, authors of the stature of Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, and Wilkie Collins were also influenced by the spirit of the age and incorporated sensational elements in their work. 606 $aMurder$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century$vCase studies 606 $aCrime in mass media$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century$vCase studies 610 $aCultural Studies. 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aLiterature. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aMurder$xHistory 615 0$aCrime in mass media$xHistory 676 $a364.1/523/09421 700 $aAltick$b Richard D$g(Richard Daniel),$f1915-2008.$0131186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787546803321 996 $aDeadly encounters$93809446 997 $aUNINA