Exceptional crime in early modern Spain : taxonomic and intellectual perspectives / by Elena del Rio Parra.
| Author/creator |
Río Parra, Elena del |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] |
| Description | xi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | The medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 ; volume 68 |
| Abstract | "Exceptional Crime in Early Modern Spain accounts for the representation of violent and complex murders, analysing the role of the criminal, its portrayal through rhetorical devices, and its cultural and aesthetic impact. Proteic traits allow for an understanding of how crime is constructed within the parameters of exception, borrowing from pre-existent forms while devising new patterns and categories such as criminography, the 'star killer,' the staging of crimes as suicides, serial murders, and the faking of madness. These accounts aim at bewildering and shocking demanding readers through a carefully displayed cult to excessive behaviour. The arranged 'economy of death' displayed in murder accounts will set them apart from other exceptional instances, as proven by their long-standing presence in subsequent centuries"-- Provided by publishers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019005682 |
| ISBN | 9789004390171 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
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