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True Crime Narratives
Ben Harrison
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Description for True Crime Narratives
Hardback. Takes the reader on an exploration of this genre, from the mid-nineteenth century through 1993. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1035.
True Crime Narratives takes the reader on an exploration of this genre, from the mid-nineteenth century through 1993. The introduction gives the history of the genre from 15th- and 16th-century English ballads to later sensationalist broadsheets that reported on the bloody crimes of the day. Harrison compares the aesthetic approach of reports which played upon the reader's interest in the intellectual aspects of the crime to the contemporary approach which emphasizes the psychology of the murderer. Organized in broad categories to enable the reader to browse by subject areas, each citation includes complete biographical information and a brief descriptive ... Read more
True Crime Narratives takes the reader on an exploration of this genre, from the mid-nineteenth century through 1993. The introduction gives the history of the genre from 15th- and 16th-century English ballads to later sensationalist broadsheets that reported on the bloody crimes of the day. Harrison compares the aesthetic approach of reports which played upon the reader's interest in the intellectual aspects of the crime to the contemporary approach which emphasizes the psychology of the murderer. Organized in broad categories to enable the reader to browse by subject areas, each citation includes complete biographical information and a brief descriptive ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810832602
SKU
V9780810832602
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Ben Harrison
Ben Harrison is an AV Librarian at the East Orange Public Library. He is a poet and the author of articles which have appeared in Film Library Quarterly and Sightlines.
Reviews for True Crime Narratives
...useful as a collection aid for large public and academic libraries.
American Reference Books Annual
...a well organized and comprehensive survey of the genre and should prove of interest to booksellers, librarians, and enthusiasts of nonfiction crime literature.
AB Bookman's Weekly
...a well produced catalogue of the manifold outrages that have been perpetrated by psycopaths and ... Read more
American Reference Books Annual
...a well organized and comprehensive survey of the genre and should prove of interest to booksellers, librarians, and enthusiasts of nonfiction crime literature.
AB Bookman's Weekly
...a well produced catalogue of the manifold outrages that have been perpetrated by psycopaths and ... Read more