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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1. VerfasserIn: Ward, Richard M. 1984- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014
In:Jahr: 2014
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Description based upon print version of record
Physische Details:Online-Ressource (337 p)
ISBN:9781472506856