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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Karl BellPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: The Boydell Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781783271917ISBN 10: 1783271914 Pages: 265 Publication Date: 17 March 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA 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 * A careful and thoughtful look at a moral panic become myth that well deserved its 2013 Katherine Brigg's award. ... All future writing will owe a debt to this book. ... In bottling this whirlwind of differing sources of a protean devil, Karl Bell has succeeded, through the narrative, of apprehending the fractions of Spring-heeled Jack. * GRAMARYE * A significant attempt to tackle an important aspect of Victorian popular culture. * HISTORY TODAY * A model of the way in which accounts of such phenomena should be studied. [...] A brilliant account of a fascinating subject. * MAGONIA * 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 A careful and thoughtful look at a moral panic become myth that well deserved its 2013 Katherine Brigg's award. ... All future writing will owe a debt to this book. ... In bottling this whirlwind of differing sources of a protean devil, Karl Bell has succeeded, through the narrative, of apprehending the fractions of Spring-heeled Jack. GRAMARYEA significant attempt to tackle an important aspect of Victorian popular culture. HISTORY TODAY A model of the way in which accounts of such phenomena should be studied. (...) A brilliant account of a fascinating subject. MAGONIA Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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