Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England - The Black Ghost of Bermondsey

Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England seeks to provide a comprehensive examination of the notorious Manning's 'Bermondsey murder', and its wider implications in Victorian criminal narrative and popular culture.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England seeks to provide a comprehensive examination of the notorious Manning’s ‘Bermondsey murder’, and its wider implications in Victorian criminal narrative and popular culture.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Kay, Kay Anna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032264509
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226450-9
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Among the Victorians and Modernists
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature & literary studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies