Turned to Account: The Forms and Functions of Criminal Biography in Late Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century England - Couverture rigide

Faller, Lincoln B.

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ISBN 10 : 0521326729 ISBN 13 : 9780521326728

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Turned to Account is a groundbreaking study that focuses on the popular genre of criminal biography.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, widespread fear of criminal assault motivated the publication of hundreds of pamphlets tracing the lives and misdeeds of London's most notorious rogues. Turned to Account is a study that focuses on the popular genre of criminal biography, examining how it played upon and reflected English society's fears and interest in aberrant behaviour. The author has not produced a criminal history, but an intriguing distillation of some 2,000 separate narratives describing the lives, deeds, and dying words of thieves, murderers, and various scoundrels. Lincoln Faller examines ways in which ordinary Englishmen read, wrote, and presumably thought on the subject of criminal actions and character. He completes his treatment by showing how the pamphlets served to delineate the lines of socially acceptable behaviour. Faller has chosen his examples with skill and economy to produce a comprehensive and interesting work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521326729
• ISBN 13: 9780521326728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France