Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The Legend; 1 The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack; 2 The Cultural Anatomy of a Legend; Part II Cultural Functions; 3 Spring-heeled Jack, Crime and the Reform of Customary Culture; 4 Spring-heeled Jack and Victorian Society; 5 Spring-heeled Jack and London; Part III Cultural Dynamism; 6 Cultural Nodes: Localities; 7 Cultural Modes: Oral, Literary and Visual; 8 The Decline and Demise of Spring-heeled Jack; Conclusion: Spring-heeled Jack and Victorian Popular Cultures; Bibliography; Index; Backcover
Summary
This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Drawing upon a rich variety of primary source material, 'The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack' provides a fascinating insight into Victorian cultures and will appeal to anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century English cultural and social history, folklore and literature
Notes
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254)
