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Murder Most Foul
The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination
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Artikel-Nr:
9780674003842
Veröffentl:
2000
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2000
Seiten:
370
Autor:
Karen Halttunen
Gewicht:
454 g
Format:
222x144x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Karen Halttunen
Karen Halttunen explores the changing view of murder from early New England sermons read at public executions, through the nineteenth century, when secular and sensational accounts replaced the religious treatment of the crime, to today's fascination with socio-psychological anatomies of murder. Halttunen's penetrating insight into her extraordinary treasure trove of popular crime literature reveals how our modern stories have failed to make sense of the killer and how that failure has constrained our understanding and treatment of criminality today.
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