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The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / Caroline McCracken-Flesher.
LIBRA PR8518 .M33 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCracken-Flesher, Caroline.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and history--Scotland.
- Literature and history.
- Crime in popular culture--Scotland.
- Crime in popular culture.
- English literature--Scottish authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--Scottish authors.
- Murder in mass media--Scotland.
- Murder in mass media.
- National characteristics, Scottish, in literature.
- Burke, William, 1792-1829.
- Burke, William.
- Hare, William, 1792?-1870?.
- Hare, William.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Medicine, murder, and Scottish story: Doctor Knox and Burke and Hare
- The story begins: The law versus the press, and the doctor versus Walter Scott
- Enlightened system versus religious sympathy: The sensational tales of Alexander Leigton and David Pae
- Dissecting the doctor: Mr. Jekyll, Dr. Hyde, and Robert Knox
- Anatomizing the audience: James Bridie, melodrama, and the movies
- Bringing out the dead: Silent victims speak in Alasdair Gray's Poor things
- Resting in pieces? Present comforts or restless futures in Ian Rankin's Scotland.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199766826
- 0199766827
- OCLC:
- 724665634
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