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Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination

1999171 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Laura Hanft Korobkin

Karen Halttunen

Abstract

Introduction 1. The Murderer as Common Sinner 2. The Birth of Horror 3. The Pornography of Violence 4. The Construction of Murder as Mystery 5. Murder in the Family Circle 6. Murdering Medusa 7. The Murderer as Mental Alien Epilogue Notes Index

Topics & Keywords

Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Crime and Detective Fiction Studies Modern American Literature Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Legal History

Volume 43, Issue 1, pp. 111-111

DOI: 10.2307/846154

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 14.71

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