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The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures
Karl Bell
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Description for The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures
Paperback. An intriguing study of a unique and unsettling cultural phenomenon in Victorian England. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
WINNER of the 2013 Katharine Briggs Award This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-Heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Starting as oral rumours, this supposedly supernatural entity moved from rural folklore to metropolitan press sensation, co-existing in literary and theatrical forms before finally degenerating into a nursery lore bogeyman to frighten children. A mercurial and unfixed cultural phenomenon, Spring-Heeled Jack found purchase in both older folkloric traditions and emerging forms of entertainment. Through this intriguing study of a unique and unsettling figure, Karl Bell complicates ... Read more
WINNER of the 2013 Katharine Briggs Award This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-Heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Starting as oral rumours, this supposedly supernatural entity moved from rural folklore to metropolitan press sensation, co-existing in literary and theatrical forms before finally degenerating into a nursery lore bogeyman to frighten children. A mercurial and unfixed cultural phenomenon, Spring-Heeled Jack found purchase in both older folkloric traditions and emerging forms of entertainment. Through this intriguing study of a unique and unsettling figure, Karl Bell complicates ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783271917
SKU
V9781783271917
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Ref
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Reviews for The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures
A good example of the ways in which cultural history still has the potential to unlock meaning when applied to a particular sort of problem. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Embraces the sheer messiness and multivocal nature of popular culture and thus radically advances our understanding of the Victorians and their world. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW ... Read more