UID:
almahu_9949530700602882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003222668
,
1003222668
,
9781000874693
,
1000874699
,
9781000874747
,
1000874745
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in cultural history
Content:
"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. This book will be of value to scholars and graduate students in a variety of research areas, as well as general readers interested in the role of murder as a central trope in modern art and culture"--
Note:
Prologue: knocking at the gate of turn-of-the-century modernity -- Murder overkill -- Hilarious homicides- satirizing sensational murders -- "Craving for everything that is impossible in London" -- "The actual catastrophe": representing murder on the London stage -- A working class (tragic) hero is something to be -- The many murders of Stephen Phillips, the outdated modernist -- Epilogue: the big bloodless brawl prior to the big blood letting.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Michael-Berger, Lee. Modern murders New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781032120218
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003222668
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003222668
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