Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination

Laura Hanft Korobkin · Karen Halttunen

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Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Crime and Detective Fiction Studies Decadence, Literature, and Society

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Introduction 1. The Murderer as Common Sinner 2. The Birth of Horror 3. The Pornography of Violence 4. The Construction of Murder as Mystery 5. Murder in the Family Circle 6. Murdering Medusa 7. The Murderer as Mental Alien Epilogue Notes Index

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