LEADER 03863nam 2200757 450 001 9910817416203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7190-9505-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000870183 035 $a(OCoLC)981548316 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4705527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11274202 035 $a(OCoLC)960166193 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4705527 035 $a(DE-B1597)659033 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780719095054 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000870183 100 $a20161013h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aViolent Victorians $epopular entertainment in nineteenth-century London /$fRosalind Crone 210 1$aManchester, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cManchester University Press,$d2012. 210 2$a[Place of distribution not identified] :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[date of distribution not identified] 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (321 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-7190-8684-1 311 $a0-7190-8685-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter -- $tDedication -- $tContents -- $tList of figures, tables and diagrams -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tPrologue -- $t1 London 1800-1850 -- $t2 About town with Mr Punch -- $t3 From scaffold culture to the cult of the murderer -- $t4 The 'Blood-Stained Stage' revisited -- $t5 Selling Sweeney Todd to the masses -- $t6 The rise of modern crime reporting -- $tEpilogue -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 8 $aWe are often told that the Victorians were far less violent than their forbears: over the course of the nineteenth century, violent sports were mostly outlawed, violent crime, including homicide, notably declined, and punishments were hidden from public view within prison walls. They were also much more respectable, and actively sought orderly, uplifting, domestic and refined pastimes. Yet these were the very same people who celebrated the exceptionally violent careers of anti-heroes such as the brutal puppet Punch and the murderous barber Sweeney Todd. By drawing attention to the wide range of gruesome, bloody and confronting amusements patronised by ordinary Londoners this book challenges our understanding of Victorian society and culture. From the turn of the nineteenth century, graphic, yet orderly, 're-enactments' of high level violence flourished in travelling entertainments, penny broadsides, popular theatres, cheap instalment fiction and Sunday newspapers. 606 $aViolence in popular culture$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTheater$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAmusements$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 607 $aLondon (England)$xHistory$y1800-1950 610 $aEdward Lloyd. 610 $aGreat Reform Act. 610 $acheap instalment fiction. 610 $aindustrial revolution. 610 $anineteenth-century London. 610 $apenal code. 610 $apenny novelettes. 610 $apopular crime literature. 610 $apopular entertainment. 610 $ascaffold culture. 610 $asensational periodicals. 610 $asocial tensions. 610 $atraditional amusements. 610 $aurbanisation. 610 $aviolent Victorians. 615 0$aViolence in popular culture$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aAmusements$xHistory 676 $a306 700 $aCrone$b Rosalind$01598758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817416203321 996 $aViolent Victorians$93921176 997 $aUNINA