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Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon (True Crime)
Robin Odell
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Description for Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon (True Crime)
Hardcover. Ripperology - an obsessive interest in studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper - is a subject of interest that has suffered from confusion, exaggeration, and hyperbole. This study presents a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes, and aims to tell the story of the literary efforts directed at solving the mystery. Series: True Crime S. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Ripperology - a sometimes obsessive interest in studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper - is a subject of timeless interest that has suffered from confusion, exaggeration, and hyperbole for over a century. Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's ""Ripperology"" is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and ... Read more
Ripperology - a sometimes obsessive interest in studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper - is a subject of timeless interest that has suffered from confusion, exaggeration, and hyperbole for over a century. Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's ""Ripperology"" is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Series
True Crime S.
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873388610
SKU
V9780873388610
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About Robin Odell
Robin Odell has written or cowritten fifteen books in the fields of criminology and forensic science. He won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for The Murderers' Who's Who
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