1st Edition
Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder, 1880–1914
By Lee Michael-Berger
Copyright 2023
184 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century, drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual, cultural, and artistic contexts of the period.
Most studies view the abundance of murder representations throughout the nineteenth century as an indicator of a supposedly typical Victorian appetite for... Read more
Prologue: Knocking at the Gate of Turn-of-the-Century Modernity 1. Murder Overkill 2. Hilarious Homicides: Satirizing Sensational Murders 3. "Craving for Everything that is Impossible in London" 4. "The Actual Catastrophe": Representing Murder on the London Stage 5. A Working Class (Tragic) Hero Is Something to Be 6. The Many Murders of Stephen Phillips, the Outdated Modernist Epilogue: The Big Bloodless Brawl Prior to the Big Blood Letting
Biography
Lee Michael-Berger is Head of the History Department at Beit-Berl College. Her research interests include modern British cultural history, theatre, and fin-de-siècle studies.
