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Black swine in the sewers of Hampstead
beneath the surface of Victorian sensationalism
By Boyle, Thomas
- ISBN
- 978-0-67081-324-7
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1989.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 1989
Victorian journalism revealed a gap between the "official consciousness of displacement and denial'' and the multi-class reality of sexual brutality and murder--a gap claimed by the sensationalist novelists, who reflected the popular interest in domestic crime. Moreover, crime reports contribute...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
