Crime in verse
Subtitle: the poetics of murder in the Victorian era
By: Ellen L. O'Brien.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814210857; 9780814291641
Subjects: English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Crime in literature; Murder in literature; Crime -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Political and social views; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Discourse analysis, Literary
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Murder, execution, and the criminal classes; title: The murderous subject and the criminal sublime; title: "Household law" and the domestication of murder.