The Ripper's Victims in Print
The Rhetoric of Portrayals Since 1929
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, True Crime, Murder
| Author: | Rebecca Frost | ISBN: | 9781476631431 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | January 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rebecca Frost |
| ISBN: | 9781476631431 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | January 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly—the five known victims of Jack the Ripper—are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in detail. Yet they themselves remain as mysterious as their murderer. This first ever study of the victims surveys the Ripper literature to reveal what is known about their lives, how society viewed them at the time of their deaths, and how attitudes and perceptions of them have (or have not) changed since the Victorian era.
Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly—the five known victims of Jack the Ripper—are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in detail. Yet they themselves remain as mysterious as their murderer. This first ever study of the victims surveys the Ripper literature to reveal what is known about their lives, how society viewed them at the time of their deaths, and how attitudes and perceptions of them have (or have not) changed since the Victorian era.
