Print Culture, Crime and Justice in 18th-Century London
In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in London. This was a 'golden age of writing about crime', when the older genres of criminal biographies, social policy pamphlets and 'last-dying speeches' were jo...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2014
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| En: | Año: 2014 |
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| Sumario: | In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in London. This was a 'golden age of writing about crime', when the older genres of criminal biographies, social policy pamphlets and 'last-dying speeches' were joined by a raft of new publications, including newspapers, periodicals, graphic prints, the Old Bailey Proceedings and the Ordinary's Account of malefactors executed at Tyburn. By the early 18th century propertied Londoners read a wider array of printed texts and images about criminal offenders - highwaymen, housebreake |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Descripción Física: | Online-Ressource (337 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781472506856 |