Capital offenses : geographies of class and crime in Victorian London / Simon Joyce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joyce, Simon, 1963-

Series:

Victorian literature and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Crime in literature.

English fiction--England--London--History and criticism.

Literature and society--England--London--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, English.

Social classes--England--London--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Crime.

History.

London (England)--Social conditions--19th century.

London (England).

Crime--England--London--History--19th century.

London (England)--In literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Geography in literature.

Criminals in literature.

England--London.

Physical Description:

viii, 267 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: A Literary Geography 1

1. Mapping the Capital City 13

2. Reading Run Riot: Criminal Subcultures in the Newgate Novel 59

3. Resisting Arrest/Arresting Resistance: Policing the Victorian City 101

4. "Lords of the Street, and Terrors of the Way" The Privileged Offender in Late-Victorian Fiction 145

5. Into Darkest London, and Back Again 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-258) and index.

ISBN:

0813921805

OCLC:

51053762