Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog
In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet film and television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive and persona. This book ex
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Crime Files Series Editor Clive Bloom Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies Middlesex University London
Since its invention in the nineteenth century, detective fiction has never been more popular. In novels, short stories, films, radio, television and now in computer games, private detectives and psychopaths, poisoners and overworked cops, tommy gun gangsters and cocaine criminals are the very stuff of modern imagination, and their creators one mainstay of popular consciousness. Crime Files is a ground-breaking series offering scholars, students and discerning readers a comprehensive set of guides to the world of crime and detective fiction. Every aspect of crime writing, detective fiction, gangster movie, true-crime exposé, police procedural and post-colonial investigation is explored through clear and informative texts offering comprehensive coverage and theoretical sophistication.
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Clare Smith
Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog
Clare Smith University of Wales: Trinity St. David United Kingdom
Crime Files ISBN 978-1-137-59998-8 ISBN 978-1-137-59999-5 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59999-5
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This book is dedicated to my parents, Helen and Albert, and my sister Sarah.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book is based on my PhD thesis and would not have happened without the support of Dr Rob Shaill and Dr Steven Gerrard and the staff of University of Wales,
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