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1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
| Summary |
A series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with terror. When the perpetrators were finally apprehended in 1828, their motive roiled the nation: William Burke and William Hare had murdered for profit. The cadavers supplied a ready payout, courtesy of Dr. Robert Knox, who was desperate for anatomical subjects. Nearly two hundred years later, these scandalous murders continue to fire imagination in Scotland and beyond. From the start, the sensational events provoked artists and writers. While Sir Walter Scott resisted public comment, his correspond. |
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Burke, William, 1792-1829.
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Burke, William, 1792-1829. |
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Hare, William, 1792?-1870?
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Hare, William, 1792?-1870? |
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Burke, William, 1792-1829. |
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Hare, William, 1792?-1870? |
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Literature and history -- Scotland.
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Literature and history. |
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Scotland. |
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Crime in popular culture -- Scotland.
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Crime in popular culture. |
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English literature -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Scottish authors. |
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Murder in mass media.
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Murder in mass media. |
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National characteristics, Scottish, in literature.
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National characteristics, Scottish, in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: McCracken-Flesher, Caroline. Doctor dissected. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780199766826 (DLC) 2011041415 (OCoLC)724665634 |
| ISBN |
9780199910311 (electronic book) |
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0199910316 (electronic book) |
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9780199766826 |
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0199766827 |
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