Crime in Verse The Poetics of Murder in the Victorian Era /
Ellen L. O'Brien.
- 1 online resource (xii, 288 p.) : ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.
Introduction -- Murder, execution, and the criminal classes -- The murderous subject and the criminal sublime -- "Household law" and the domestication of murder.
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9780814271988 0814271987
Discourse analysis, Literary. Law and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century. Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century. Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century. Poets, English--Political and social views.--19th century Crime--Political aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century. Murder in literature. Crime in literature. English poetry--History and criticism.--19th century