Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse
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This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of medicine, and the history of crime, and great symbolic resonance in literature and popular culture. Starting with a consideration of the criminal corpse...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:101327377X
ISBN13:9781013273773
Release Date:October 2020
Publisher:Saint Philip Street Press
Length:278 Pages
Weight:2.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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