The doctor dissected [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / / Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Autore | McCracken-Flesher Caroline |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/3556 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and history - Scotland
Crime in popular culture - Scotland English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism Murder in mass media - Scotland National characteristics, Scottish, in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-025285-5
1-283-42797-4 9786613427977 0-19-991031-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
7. 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457193003321 |
McCracken-Flesher Caroline | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The doctor dissected [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / / Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Autore | McCracken-Flesher Caroline |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/3556 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and history - Scotland
Crime in popular culture - Scotland English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism Murder in mass media - Scotland National characteristics, Scottish, in literature |
ISBN |
0-19-025285-5
1-283-42797-4 9786613427977 0-19-991031-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
7. 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778825303321 |
McCracken-Flesher Caroline | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The doctor dissected [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / / Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Autore | McCracken-Flesher Caroline |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/3556 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and history - Scotland
Crime in popular culture - Scotland English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism Murder in mass media - Scotland National characteristics, Scottish, in literature |
ISBN |
0-19-025285-5
1-283-42797-4 9786613427977 0-19-991031-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
7. 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820169203321 |
McCracken-Flesher Caroline | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The modern Scottish novel : narrative and the national imagination / / Cairns Craig |
Autore | Craig Cairns |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p. ) |
Disciplina | 823.9109358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - Scottish authors - History and criticism
Scottish fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Nationalism and literature - Scotland - History - 20th century Politics and literature - Scotland - History - 20th century Literature and society - Scotland - History - 20th century National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-7486-7437-3
0-585-12403-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: novel, nation, tradition -- Fearful selves: character, community, and the Scottish imagination -- Dialect and dialectics -- Enduring histories: mythic regions -- The typographic muse -- Doubtful imaginings -- Conclusion: narrative and the space of the nation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778872903321 |
Craig Cairns | ||
Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The modern Scottish novel : narrative and the national imagination / / Cairns Craig |
Autore | Craig Cairns |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p. ) |
Disciplina | 823.9109358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - Scottish authors - History and criticism
Scottish fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Nationalism and literature - Scotland - History - 20th century Politics and literature - Scotland - History - 20th century Literature and society - Scotland - History - 20th century National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-7486-7437-3
0-585-12403-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: novel, nation, tradition -- Fearful selves: character, community, and the Scottish imagination -- Dialect and dialectics -- Enduring histories: mythic regions -- The typographic muse -- Doubtful imaginings -- Conclusion: narrative and the space of the nation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813077903321 |
Craig Cairns | ||
Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Possible Scotlands [[electronic resource] ] : Walter Scott and the story of tomorrow / / Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Autore | McCracken-Flesher Caroline |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Historical fiction, Scottish - History and criticism
National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Literature and history - Scotland |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786610534517
0-19-803791-0 1-280-53451-6 1-4237-3397-5 1-60256-995-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Abbreviations; 1. The Problem of Walter Scott: Waverley, Guy Mannering, and a Scot(t)ish Theory of Worth; 2. Circulating Scotlands: Telling, Tellers, and Tales in The Antiquary, The Tale of Old Mortality, and The Heart of Mid-Lothian; 3. Chancing Scotland: Playing for De/Valuation in The Fortunes of Nigel and at the King's Visit (1822); 4. Performing Other/Wise: The Talisman and Woodstock; 5. Telling Over: The Value of an Audience for Malachi Malagrowther and Chrystal Croftangry; 6. Making Meaning beyond the Ending: Castle Dangerous and Walter Scott's Last Words; Notes; Bibliography
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465645603321 |
McCracken-Flesher Caroline | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Possible Scotlands [[electronic resource] ] : Walter Scott and the story of tomorrow / / Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Autore | McCracken-Flesher Caroline |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Historical fiction, Scottish - History and criticism
National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Literature and history - Scotland |
ISBN |
9786610534517
0-19-803791-0 1-280-53451-6 1-4237-3397-5 1-60256-995-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Abbreviations; 1. The Problem of Walter Scott: Waverley, Guy Mannering, and a Scot(t)ish Theory of Worth; 2. Circulating Scotlands: Telling, Tellers, and Tales in The Antiquary, The Tale of Old Mortality, and The Heart of Mid-Lothian; 3. Chancing Scotland: Playing for De/Valuation in The Fortunes of Nigel and at the King's Visit (1822); 4. Performing Other/Wise: The Talisman and Woodstock; 5. Telling Over: The Value of an Audience for Malachi Malagrowther and Chrystal Croftangry; 6. Making Meaning beyond the Ending: Castle Dangerous and Walter Scott's Last Words; Notes; Bibliography
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792232103321 |
McCracken-Flesher Caroline | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Possible Scotlands [[electronic resource] ] : Walter Scott and the story of tomorrow / / Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Autore | McCracken-Flesher Caroline |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Historical fiction, Scottish - History and criticism
National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Literature and history - Scotland |
ISBN |
9786610534517
0-19-803791-0 1-280-53451-6 1-4237-3397-5 1-60256-995-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Abbreviations; 1. The Problem of Walter Scott: Waverley, Guy Mannering, and a Scot(t)ish Theory of Worth; 2. Circulating Scotlands: Telling, Tellers, and Tales in The Antiquary, The Tale of Old Mortality, and The Heart of Mid-Lothian; 3. Chancing Scotland: Playing for De/Valuation in The Fortunes of Nigel and at the King's Visit (1822); 4. Performing Other/Wise: The Talisman and Woodstock; 5. Telling Over: The Value of an Audience for Malachi Malagrowther and Chrystal Croftangry; 6. Making Meaning beyond the Ending: Castle Dangerous and Walter Scott's Last Words; Notes; Bibliography
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820936603321 |
McCracken-Flesher Caroline | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scotland as science fiction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, MD, : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (138 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.08762099411 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McCracken-FlesherCaroline |
Collana | Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism
Science fiction, Scottish - History and criticism Literature and society - Scotland - History National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Literature and history - Scotland |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-30269-1
9786613302694 1-61148-375-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Scotland's Fantastic Physics: Energy Transformation in MacDonald, Stevenson, Barrie, and Spark; The Other Otherworld: Didactic Fantasy from MacDonald and Lindsay to J. Leslie Mitchell; Allegory and Cruelty: Gray's Lanark and Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus; Speculative Nationality: "Stands Scotland Where it Did?" in the Culture of Iain M. Banks; Between Enlightenment and the End of History: Ken MacLeod's Engines of Light; The Cosmic (Cosmo)Polis in Naomi Mitchison's Science Fiction Novels
Nonviolence, Gender, and Ecology: Margaret Elphinstone's The Incomer and A Sparrow's FlightPast and Future Language: Matthew Fitt and Iain M. Banks; Scottish Poetry as Science Fiction: Geddes, MacDiarmid, and Morgan's "A Home in Space"; Brave New Scotland: Science Fiction without Stereotypes in Fitt and Crumey; Alba Newton and Alasdair Gray; Bibliography; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457420103321 |
Lanham, MD, : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scotland as science fiction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, MD, : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (138 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.08762099411 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McCracken-FlesherCaroline |
Collana | Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism
Science fiction, Scottish - History and criticism Literature and society - Scotland - History National characteristics, Scottish, in literature Literature and history - Scotland |
ISBN |
1-283-30269-1
9786613302694 1-61148-375-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Scotland's Fantastic Physics: Energy Transformation in MacDonald, Stevenson, Barrie, and Spark; The Other Otherworld: Didactic Fantasy from MacDonald and Lindsay to J. Leslie Mitchell; Allegory and Cruelty: Gray's Lanark and Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus; Speculative Nationality: "Stands Scotland Where it Did?" in the Culture of Iain M. Banks; Between Enlightenment and the End of History: Ken MacLeod's Engines of Light; The Cosmic (Cosmo)Polis in Naomi Mitchison's Science Fiction Novels
Nonviolence, Gender, and Ecology: Margaret Elphinstone's The Incomer and A Sparrow's FlightPast and Future Language: Matthew Fitt and Iain M. Banks; Scottish Poetry as Science Fiction: Geddes, MacDiarmid, and Morgan's "A Home in Space"; Brave New Scotland: Science Fiction without Stereotypes in Fitt and Crumey; Alba Newton and Alasdair Gray; Bibliography; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781980803321 |
Lanham, MD, : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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