Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London: Murder, Madness & Gore from the Penny Bloods

by Thomas Peckett Prest and James Malcolm Rymer

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At the beginning of the 19th century, higher standards of education, the invention of fast and efficient printing presses, and cheap paper production combined to create a new, mass market for literature in England: sensationalistic, graphic "shilling shockers" for the masses. By 1827, macabre literary material dealing with witchcraft, deformity, depravity, insanity, sadism and gore, could be found in such publications as Legends Of Terror, a 40-part...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1902197518

ISBN13:9781902197517

Release Date:June 2012

Publisher:Creation Oneiros

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Fiction Horror Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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