Murder most foul [[electronic resource] ] : the killer and the American Gothic imagination / / Karen Halttunen
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| Autore: |
Halttunen Karen <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Murder most foul [[electronic resource] ] : the killer and the American Gothic imagination / / Karen Halttunen
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 322p., [32]p. of plates ) : ill., facsims., plan, ports |
| Disciplina: | 364.15/23/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gothic revival (Literature) - United States |
| Murder in literature | |
| Murder - United States | |
| Murder - United States - History | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Murder most foul |
| ISBN: | 0-674-03817-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792343103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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