LEADER 03565nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910820169203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-020859-7 010 $a0-19-025285-5 010 $a1-283-42797-4 010 $a9786613427977 010 $a0-19-991031-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000079980 035 $a(EBL)845974 035 $a(OCoLC)773827804 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000589840 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12205635 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000589840 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10657377 035 $a(PQKB)10423323 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001021738 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL845974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10524886 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342797 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC845974 035 $a(OCoLC)724665634 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB163321 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000079980 100 $a20111003d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe doctor dissected $ea cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders /$fCaroline McCracken-Flesher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-976682-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Medicine, Murder, and Scottish Story: Doctor Knox and Burke and Hare; 2. The Story Begins: The Law versus the Press, and the Doctor versus Walter Scott; 3. Enlightened System versus Religious Sympathy: The Sensational Tales of Alexander Leighton and David Pae; 4. Dissecting the Doctor: Mr. Jekyll, Dr. Hyde, and Robert Knox; 5. Anatomizing the Audience: James Bridie , Melodrama, and the Movies; 6. Bringing Out the Dead: Silent Victims Speak in Alasdair Gray 's Poor Things 327 $a7. Resting in Pieces? Present Comforts or Restless Futures in Ian Rankin 's ScotlandNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $aA series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with terror. When the perpetrators were finally apprehended in 1828, their motive roiled the nation: William Burke and William Hare had murdered for profit. The cadavers supplied a ready payout, courtesy of Dr. Robert Knox, who was desperate for anatomical subjects. Nearly two hundred years later, these scandalous murders continue to fire imagination in Scotland and beyond. From the start, the sensational events provoked artists and writers. While Sir Walter Scott resisted public comment, his correspond 606 $aLiterature and history$zScotland 606 $aCrime in popular culture$zScotland 606 $aEnglish literature$xScottish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMurder in mass media$zScotland 606 $aNational characteristics, Scottish, in literature 615 0$aLiterature and history 615 0$aCrime in popular culture 615 0$aEnglish literature$xScottish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMurder in mass media 615 0$aNational characteristics, Scottish, in literature. 676 $a820.9/3556 700 $aMcCracken-Flesher$b Caroline$01620038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820169203321 996 $aThe doctor dissected$94020197 997 $aUNINA