1st Edition
Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England The ‘Black Ghost’ of Bermondsey
By Anna Kay
Copyright 2024
202 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
202 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
202 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England seeks to provide a comprehensive examination of the notorious Mannings' ‘Bermondsey murder’, and its wider implications in Victorian criminal narrative and popular culture. Exploring the ongoing textual afterlife of Maria Manning, including significant literary contributions by Charles Dickens through his characters Mademoiselle Hortense and Madame... Read more
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: The case of the Mannings
CHAPTER TWO: ‘The Bermondsey Murder’: Crime and Commerce
CHAPTER THREE: Popular representations of Maria Manning: Foreigner, Lady, Servant
CHAPTER FOUR: Frederick and Maria Manning: A comparative analysis
CHAPTER FIVE: Maria Manning’s textual afterlife
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
Biography
Anna Kay is a PhD graduate from the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne (MSt, University of Oxford). She is currently employed as a researcher at the University of Melbourne.
