Criminal Representation and the Construction of Middle-Class Subjectivity, 1823-1844

Using The Times's coverage of the Thurtell-Hunt murder case of 1823-24 as a point of departure, this dissertation explores how the English middle class used the criminal as a site of self-representation--especially masculine self-representation--during the 1820s, 30s and 40s. Between the late Regency and mid-Victorian periods, the figure of the criminal became a prominent site of ideological struggle, pitting the middle class against both the lower classes and the aristocracy.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Kessinger, Kurt Rayburn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Garrett, P.,

• Journalism
• Law
• Literature, English

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9329081

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72042