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Author Curtis, L. Perry, Jr., 1932-

Title Jack the Ripper and the London press / L. Perry Curtis, Jr
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 354 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Whitechapel murders: a chronicle -- Images and realities of the East End -- The theory and practice of Victorian journalism -- Sensation news -- Victorian murder news -- The first two murders -- The double event -- The pursuit of angles -- The Kelly reportage -- The inquests: reporting the female body -- Responses to Ripper news: letters to the editor -- The cultural politics of Ripper news
Summary This book tells the story of Fleet Street's construction of the Ripper murders, in the process revealing much about the social political and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain and the role of journalists in reinforcing social standards
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jack, the Ripper.
SUBJECT Jack, the Ripper fast
Jack the Ripper gnd
Jack, the Ripper. nli
Subject Serial murders -- Press coverage -- England -- London
Serial murderers -- Press coverage -- England -- London
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
Serial murders
Reportage
Mord
Zeitung
Berichtgeving.
Perswezen.
Serial murders -- Press coverage -- England -- London -- History.
Serial murderers -- Press coverage -- England -- London -- History.
England -- London
London
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300133691
0300133693
1281722863
9781281722867