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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 phenomen...
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction
The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack
The Cultural Anatomy of a Legend
Spring-heeled Jack, Crime and the Reform of Customary Culture
Spring-heeled Jack ...
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 272 ● ISBN 9781782040392 ● Filstorlek 3.2 MB ● Utgivare Boydell & Brewer ● Stad Woodbridge ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2012 ● Utgåva 1 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 6946037 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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