The Ripper's Victims In Print: The Rhetoric Of Portrayals Since 1929
by Rebecca Frost /
2018 / English / EPUB
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Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine
Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the
Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds
of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in detail. Yet
they themselves remain as mysterious as their murderer.
Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine
Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the
Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds
of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in detail. Yet
they themselves remain as mysterious as their murderer.
This first ever study of the victims surveys the Ripper literature
to reveal what is known about their lives, how society viewed them
at the time of their deaths, and how attitudes and perceptions of
them have (or have not) changed since the Victorian era.
This first ever study of the victims surveys the Ripper literature
to reveal what is known about their lives, how society viewed them
at the time of their deaths, and how attitudes and perceptions of
them have (or have not) changed since the Victorian era.