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Murder most foul : the killer and the American Gothic imagination / Karen Halttunen.
LIBRA HV6524 .H28 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halttunen, Karen, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--United States--History.
- Murder.
- Murder--United States--Case studies.
- History.
- United States.
- Murder in literature.
- Gothic revival (Literature)--United States.
- Gothic revival (Literature).
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Halttunen explores the changing view of murder, from early New England sermons read at public executions through the 19th century, when secular and sensational accounts replaced the sacred testament of the crime, to today's true crime literature and tabloid reports. 33 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-312) and index.
- ISBN:
- 067458855X
- OCLC:
- 39101962
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