Modern Murders - The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder, 1880–1914

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.

List of contents

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 The Many Murders of Stephen Phillips, the Outdated Modernist  Epilogue: The Big Bloodless Brawl Prior to the Big Blood Letting

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Michael-Berger
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032120225
• ISBN: 978-1-032-12022-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 300 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards