Jack the Ripper and the London press:
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Main Author: Curtis, L. Perry, (Lewis Perry) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press c2001
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The Whitechapel murders: a chronicle -- Images and realities of the East End -- The theory and practice of Victorian journalism -- Sensation news -- Victorian murder news -- The first two murders -- The double event -- The pursuit of angles -- The Kelly reportage -- The inquests: reporting the female body -- Responses to Ripper news: letters to the editor -- The cultural politics of Ripper news
This book tells the story of Fleet Street's construction of the Ripper murders, in the process revealing much about the social political and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain and the role of journalists in reinforcing social standards
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 354 p.)
ISBN:0300088728
0300133693
9780300088724
9780300133691

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