Twisting in the Wind: The Murderess and the English Press

By Judith Knelman

Book Overview

Murders by women were sensationalized in the English press during the 19th-century. Knelman analyses histories of different kinds of murder and explores how press representations of the murderess contributed to the Victorian construction of femininity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802074200
• ISBN13: 9780802074201
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher