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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.

Crime dans la litterature --- Crime in literature --- Criminals in literature --- Criminels dans la littérature --- Geesteszieken in de literatuur --- Malades mentaux dans la littérature --- Mentally ill in literature --- Misdaad in de literatuur --- Misdadigers in literatuur --- Sensatiezucht in de literatuur --- Sensationalism in literature --- Sensationnalisme dans la littérature --- Crime dans la littérature --- English fiction --- 19th century --- History and criticism --- English prose literature --- Detective and mystery stories [English ] --- Great Britain --- History --- Victoria, 1837-1901 --- Historiography --- Social conditions --- Crime --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- ROMAN A SENSATION --- CRIMES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- MALADIES MENTALES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- SENSATIONNALISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- 19E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE