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Turned to Account: The Forms and Functions of Criminal Biography in Late Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century England Lincoln B. Faller
Turned to Account: The Forms and Functions of Criminal Biography in Late Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century England
Lincoln B. Faller
Turned to Account is a study that focuses on the popular genre of criminal biography, examining how it played upon and reflected English society's fears and interest in aberrant behaviour. Faller examines ways in which ordinary Englishmen read, wrote and presumably thought on the subject of criminal actions and character.
364 pages, Ill.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 25, 1987 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521326728 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 364 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 237 × 23 mm · 630 g |
| Language | English |