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The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders
- Title
- The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / Caroline McCracken-Flesher.
- Author
- McCracken-Flesher, Caroline.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 12-631 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 272 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Medicine, murder, and Scottish story: Doctor Knox and Burke and Hare -- The story begins: The law versus the press, and the doctor versus Walter Scott -- Enlightened system versus religious sympathy: The sensational tales of Alexander Leigton and David Pae -- Dissecting the doctor: Mr. Jekyll, Dr. Hyde, and Robert Knox -- Anatomizing the audience: James Bridie, melodrama, and the movies -- Bringing out the dead: Silent victims speak in Alasdair Gray's Poor things -- Resting in pieces? Present comforts or restless futures in Ian Rankin's Scotland.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-631
- ISBN
- 9780199766826 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0199766827 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2011041415
- OCLC
- YBP 2011041415
- Author
- McCracken-Flesher, Caroline.
- Title
- The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / Caroline McCracken-Flesher.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-631