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Twisting in the Wind

The Murderess and the English Press

By: Judith Knelman

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Twisting in the Wind

The Murderess and the English Press

By: Judith Knelman

Murders by women were sensationalized in the English press during the 19th-century. Knelman analyses histories of different kinds of murder and explores how press representations of the murderess contributed to the Victorian construction of femininity.

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322

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0802029159

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9780802029157

Behaving Badly

Social Panic and Moral Outrage - Victorian and Modern Parallels

By: Judith Rowbotham,Kim Stevenson

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Behaving Badly

Social Panic and Moral Outrage - Victorian and Modern Parallels

By: Judith Rowbotham,Kim Stevenson

Both the Victorian age and the late twentieth century are often characterised by contemporaries as times of apparent economic affluence and stability. They are often depicted as periods that shared a conviction that the stability of society, including its affluence, was threatened by the activities of social deviants. These essays aim to examine crime of a socially visible nature, in the context of social panic and moral outrage in both the Victorian period and the late twentieth century. Through a series of interconnected case studies, exploring the social and legal responses to such offences and their public presentation through popular reporting and the court system, a series of apparent continuities as well as discontinuities are highlighted in the making of legislation. The innovative approach taken by the editors and contributors to concepts of crime and bad behaviour, make this essential reading for academics and practitioners. The interdisciplinary focus of the book allows it to locate the legal processes and system firmly within the socio-cultural context, instead of examining it as a discrete area of individual study, making this text central to work in law, criminology and social policy, and history.

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373

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Routledge

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135195587X

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9781351955874

The Invention of Murder

How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

By: Judith Flanders

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The Invention of Murder

How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

By: Judith Flanders

Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detective fiction alike." -Publishers Weekly, starred review In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, opera, and melodrama-even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other-the founders of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell. In this meticulously researched and engrossing book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder in Great Britain, both famous and obscure: from Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around town by omnibus, to Burke and Hare's bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, to the tragedy of the murdered Marr family in London's East End. Through these stories of murder-from the brutal to the pathetic-Flanders builds a rich and multi-faceted portrait of Victorian society in Great Britain. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the utterly dangerous, The Invention of Murder is both a mesmerizing tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.

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570

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Macmillan

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1250024889

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9781250024886

Anna Jameson

Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters

By: Judith Johnston

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Anna Jameson

Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters

By: Judith Johnston

Anna Brownwell Jameson (1794-1869) was a central figure in the London world of letters and art in the early Victorian period, and an important feminist writer. Her friends included such figures as Harriet Martineau, Lady Byron, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This study considers her life and works, using a different Jameson work as the central focus of each chapter. The author considers the particular non-fiction discourse in which the work is written, as well as such issues as gender and colonialism. Arranged chronologically, the book also charts the growth and development of a determined feminism in the vital years of the early Victorian period, and compares Jameson to her contemporaries.

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423

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Routledge

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1351958240

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9781351958240

A Meeting of Minds

The Massey College Story

By: Judith Skelton Grant

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A Meeting of Minds

The Massey College Story

By: Judith Skelton Grant

Opened in 1963, Massey College is a residential college for graduate students at the University of Toronto. The college was the brainchild of Vincent Massey, Canada’s first native-born Governor General, who wanted to create an intellectually stimulating milieu like the one he associated with the long-established colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Massey College’s first master was the legendary Canadian novelist, playwright, and editor, Robertson Davies. Davies and his successors – Patterson Hume, Ann Saddlemyer, and John Fraser – fostered a dynamic community of students, scholars, and public intellectuals that thrives today under the mastership of Hugh Segal. Written by Judith Skelton Grant, A Meeting of Minds is the definitive account of the college’s first fifty years, its many traditions, and the hundreds of fellows who have passed through its halls. Full of wonderful anecdotes about the college’s notable fellows and alumni, this history of Massey College takes the reader into the heart of one of Canada’s most important intellectual institutions.

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789

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University of Toronto Press

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1442622563

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9781442622562

Crime News in Modern Britain

Press Reporting and Responsibility, 1820-2010

By: Judith Rowbotham,Kim Stevenson,Samantha Pegg

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Crime News in Modern Britain

Press Reporting and Responsibility, 1820-2010

By: Judith Rowbotham,Kim Stevenson,Samantha Pegg

Drawing together examples from broadsheet and tabloid newspapers this account of English crime reportage takes readers from the late eighteenth century to the present day. In the post-Leveson world, it is a timely and engaging contextualisation of the history of printed crime news and investigative journalism.

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267

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Springer

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1137317973

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9781137317971

A Bibliography of Robertson Davies

By: Carl Spadoni,Judith Skelton Grant

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A Bibliography of Robertson Davies

By: Carl Spadoni,Judith Skelton Grant

Robertson Davies (1913–1995), one of Canada’s most distinguished authors of the twentieth century, was known for his work as a novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. This descriptive bibliography is dedicated to his writing career, covering all publications from his first venture into print at the age of nine to works published posthumously to 2011. Entries include each of Davies’ signed publications and those pseudonymous or anonymous writings he acknowledged having written. Included are his plays, novels, journalism, academic writing, translations, interviews, speeches, lectures, unsigned articles and editorials, films, audio recordings, and multimedia editions. Also listed is a generous sampling of unsigned articles and editorials. Using Davies’ archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history scholars.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442667281

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9781442667280

The Art of Judith-Ann Saks

By: Judith-Ann Saks Rosenthal

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The Art of Judith-Ann Saks

By: Judith-Ann Saks Rosenthal

Judith-Ann Saks Rosenthal is a widely-known artist for her paintings of Houston during its growth in the late 1900's as well as for her landscapes and abstract art. This book is a showcase of some of her work.

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0996680225

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9780996680226

Judith Godwin

Paintings 1954-2002

By: Judith Godwin,Lowery Stokes Sims,David Ebony

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Judith Godwin

Paintings 1954-2002

By: Judith Godwin,Lowery Stokes Sims,David Ebony

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition "Judith Godwin: Paintings, 1954-2002." It includes color illustrations of the eighteen works included in the show, an introduction by Ira Spanierman, and essays by Lowery Stokes Sims and David Ebony.

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Spanierman Gallery LLC

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1935617060

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9781935617068

Book's by Judith Knelman

Twisting in the Wind

Twisting in the Wind

Behaving Badly

Behaving Badly

The Invention of Murder

The Invention of Murder

Anna Jameson

Anna Jameson

A Meeting of Minds

A Meeting of Minds

Crime News in Modern Britain

Crime News in Modern Britain

A Bibliography of Robertson Davies

A Bibliography of Robertson Davies

The Art of Judith-Ann Saks

The Art of Judith-Ann Saks

Judith Godwin

Judith Godwin

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