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The doctor dissected : a cultural autopsy of the Burke and Hare murders / Caroline McCracken-Flesher.

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Main Author: McCracken-Flesher, Caroline
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Burke, William, > 1792-1829.
Hare, William, > 1792?-1870?
Knox, Robert, > 1791-1862.
Literature and history > Scotland.
Crime in popular culture > Scotland.
English literature > Scottish authors > History and criticism.
Murder in mass media.
National characteristics, Scottish, in literature.
Homicide > history.
Grave Robbing > history.
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Table of 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.

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