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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (337 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781472506856 |