Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination, by Karen Halttunen

Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination,

Karen Halttunen

322 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
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The early narratives were shaped by a strong belief in original sin and spiritual redemption, by the idea that all murders were natural manifestations of the innate depravity of humankind. In a dramatic departure from that view, the Gothic imagin...

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