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Nineteenth-Century British Crime Fiction: Historical Resources

Neil McCaw

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Description:A fascination with policing, crime and the nature of criminal behaviour was one of the defining features of the nineteenth century in Britain. From the broadsides and Newgate tales of the earlier century, through the establishment of the official police and detective forces, and the eras of terrorism and serial murder, to the era of Sherlock Holmes, the British obsession with crime stories was evident across a multiplicity of cultural forms. Whether the chief motivation was moral panic, aesthetics, nationalist paranoia, or evolutionary anxiety, crime was never far from the front page and was always fodder for political debate.This four-volume primary source collection is the most comprehensive of its kind and includes a multitude of sources that will allow the reader and researcher to better understand the complexities of the relationship between crime and the developing nature of the British industrialized state.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nineteenth-Century British Crime Fiction: Historical Resources. To get started finding Nineteenth-Century British Crime Fiction: Historical Resources, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2021

ISBN: 135103779X

Description: A fascination with policing, crime and the nature of criminal behaviour was one of the defining features of the nineteenth century in Britain. From the broadsides and Newgate tales of the earlier century, through the establishment of the official police and detective forces, and the eras of terrorism and serial murder, to the era of Sherlock Holmes, the British obsession with crime stories was evident across a multiplicity of cultural forms. Whether the chief motivation was moral panic, aesthetics, nationalist paranoia, or evolutionary anxiety, crime was never far from the front page and was always fodder for political debate.This four-volume primary source collection is the most comprehensive of its kind and includes a multitude of sources that will allow the reader and researcher to better understand the complexities of the relationship between crime and the developing nature of the British industrialized state.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nineteenth-Century British Crime Fiction: Historical Resources. To get started finding Nineteenth-Century British Crime Fiction: Historical Resources, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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