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Executions and the British Experience from the 17th to the 20th Century: A Collection of Essays


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From the trial and execution of King Charles I of England in 1649 to the reading of A.E. Houseman's poems by Clarence Darrow in a Chicago murder trial in 1924, writers have registered their opinions and impressions of both public and private forms of execution. This collection of ten essays examines in detail the literary responses of various writers to the social issue of capital punishment during this four-century span.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction William B. Thesing 1 The Aesthetic Execution of Charles I: Clarendon to Hume Donald T. Siebert Locke and Beccaria: Faculty Psychology and Capital Punishment Steven Lynn Henry Fielding and “A Certain Wooden Edifice” Called the Gallows Gayle R. Swanson Crime and Punishment in 1777: The Execution of the Reverend Dr. William Dodd and Its Impact upon His Contemporaries John J. Burke, Jr. The Public Execution: Urban Phetoric and Victorian Crowds Barry Faulk “All the Hideous Apparatus of Death”: Dickens and Execution F. S. Schwarzbach The Execution of Tess d’Urberville at Wintoncester Beth Kalikoff The Frame for the Feeling: Hangings in Poetry by Wordsworth, Patmore, and Housman William B. Thesing “Hats Off!”: The Roots of Victorian Public Hangings Michael Jasper Public Executions in Victorian England: A Reform Adrift David D. Cooper Selected Bibliography Index Contributors

About the Author :
William B. Thesing, distinguished professor emeritus of English at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, taught graduate and undergraduate courses for more than 30 years. He has authored or edited fifteen books, and served as editor of the James Dickey Newsletter from 2003–2008.

Review :
“the best essays exhibiting a solid concentration of intellect on capital punishment”—South Atlantic Review; “well-written and perceptive essays”—The Georgia Review.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786493722
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 277 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0786493720
  • Publisher Date: 11 Feb 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Collection of Essays
  • Width: 140 mm


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