Richard D. Altick Victorian Studies in Scarlet (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Victorian Studies in ScarletCondition: NewSubtitle: Murders and Manners in the Age of VictoriaAuthor: Richard D. AltickFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0393336247EAN: 9780393336245ISBN: 9780393336245Publisher: WW Norton & CoGenre: BiographyTopic: History, Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Date: 10/01/1970Description: In the first chapters, Mr. Altick examines the Victorian delight in murder as a social phenomenon. The remainder of the book is constructed around classic murder cases that afford a vivid perspective on the way people lived--and died--in the Age of Victoria. From the beginning of the age, homicide was a national entertainment. Penny broadsheets hawked in the streets highlighted the most gruesome features of crimes; newspapers recounted the most minute details, from the discovery of the body to the execution of the criminal. Real-life murders were quickly adapted for the gaslight melodrama and the bestselling novels of the "Newgate" and "sensation" schools. Murder scenes and celebrities were the most popular exhibits at Madame Tussaud's waxworks and in the touring peepshows and marionette entertainments. Murder, in fact, was a crimson thread running through the whole fabric of Victorian life. By tracing this thread in "not too solemn a spirit," Mr. Altick has written a book that will delight and inform all who are interested in social history, as well as that great number who relish true murder stories.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 127mmRelease Year: 1970 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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