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The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders
McCracken-Flesher, Caroline (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Wyoming)
The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders
McCracken-Flesher, Caroline (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Wyoming)
Vividly illustrated, The Doctor Dissected examines the sensational serial killings - known as the Anatomy Murders - that roiled Scotland in the early nineteenth century and considers their checkered afterlife in novels, plays, and films.
304 pages, 29 illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | January 27, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780199766826 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 164 × 239 × 25 mm · 517 g |