TY - BOOK ID - 2966029 TI - Victorian crime, madness and sensation AU - Maunder, Andrew AU - Moore, Grace PY - 2004 VL - *86 SN - 0754640604 PB - Aldershot Burlington : Ashgate, DB - UniCat KW - Crime dans la litterature KW - Crime in literature KW - Criminals in literature KW - Criminels dans la littérature KW - Geesteszieken in de literatuur KW - Malades mentaux dans la littérature KW - Mentally ill in literature KW - Misdaad in de literatuur KW - Misdadigers in literatuur KW - Sensatiezucht in de literatuur KW - Sensationalism in literature KW - Sensationnalisme dans la littérature KW - Crime dans la littérature KW - English fiction KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - English prose literature KW - Detective and mystery stories [English ] KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Victoria, 1837-1901 KW - Historiography KW - Social conditions KW - Crime KW - ROMAN ANGLAIS KW - ROMAN A SENSATION KW - CRIMES DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - MALADIES MENTALES DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - SENSATIONNALISME DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - 19E SIECLE KW - HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2966029 AB - Beginning with Victoria's enthronement and an exploration of sensationalist accounts of attacks on the Queen, and ending with the notorious case of a fin-de-siècle killer, Victorian Crime, Madness and Sensation throws new light on nineteenth-century attitudes toward crime and 'deviance'. The essays, which draw on both canonical and liminal texts, examine the Victorian fascination with criminal psychology and pathology, engaging with real life cases alongside fictional accounts by writers as diverse as Ainsworth, Stevenson, and Stoker. Among the topics are shifting definitions of criminality and the ways in which discourses surrounding crime changed during the nineteenth century, the literal and social criminalization of particular sex acts, and the gendering of degeneration and insanity. As fascinated as they were with criminality, the Victorians were equally concerned with solving crime, and this collection also focuses on the forces of law enforcement and nineteenth-century attempts to "read" the criminal body as revealed in Victorian crime fiction and reportage. Contributors engage with the detective figure and his growing professionalization, while examining the role of science and technology - both at home and in the Empire - in solving cases. ER -