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- 2012275107 abstract "This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-Heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Starting as oral rumours, this supposedly supernatural entity moved from rural folklore to metropolitan press sensation, co-existing in literary and theatrical forms before finally degenerating into a nursery lore bogeyman to frighten children. A mercurial and unfixed cultural phenomenon, Spring-Heeled Jack found purchase in both older folkloric traditions and emerging forms of entertainment. Through this intriguing study of a unique and unsettling figure, Karl Bell complicates our appreciation of the differences, interactions and similarities between various types of popular culture between 1837 and 1904. The book draws upon a rich variety of primary source material including folklorist accounts, street ballads, several series of 'penny dreadful' stories (and illustrations), journals, magazines, newspapers, comics, court accounts, autobiographies and published reminiscences. 'The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack' is impressively researched social history and provides a fascinating insight into Victorian cultures. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century English social and cultural history, folklore or literature. Karl Bell is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth.".
- 2012275107 contributor B12486026.
- 2012275107 created "2012.".
- 2012275107 date "2012".
- 2012275107 date "2012.".
- 2012275107 dateCopyrighted "2012.".
- 2012275107 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254).".
- 2012275107 description "Introduction -- The legend of spring-heeled Jack -- The cultural anatomy of a legend -- Spring-heeled Jack, crime and the reform of customary culture -- Spring-heeled Jack and Victorian society -- Spring-heeled Jack and London -- Cultural nodes: localities -- Cultural modes: oral, literary and visual -- The decline and demise of spring-heeled Jack -- Conclusion: spring-heeled Jack and Victorian popular cultures.".
- 2012275107 description "This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-Heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Starting as oral rumours, this supposedly supernatural entity moved from rural folklore to metropolitan press sensation, co-existing in literary and theatrical forms before finally degenerating into a nursery lore bogeyman to frighten children. A mercurial and unfixed cultural phenomenon, Spring-Heeled Jack found purchase in both older folkloric traditions and emerging forms of entertainment. Through this intriguing study of a unique and unsettling figure, Karl Bell complicates our appreciation of the differences, interactions and similarities between various types of popular culture between 1837 and 1904. The book draws upon a rich variety of primary source material including folklorist accounts, street ballads, several series of 'penny dreadful' stories (and illustrations), journals, magazines, newspapers, comics, court accounts, autobiographies and published reminiscences. 'The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack' is impressively researched social history and provides a fascinating insight into Victorian cultures. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century English social and cultural history, folklore or literature. Karl Bell is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth.".
- 2012275107 extent "vii, 262 p. ;".
- 2012275107 identifier "1843837870".
- 2012275107 identifier "9781843837879".
- 2012275107 issued "2012".
- 2012275107 issued "2012.".
- 2012275107 language "eng".
- 2012275107 publisher "Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press,".
- 2012275107 spatial "England".
- 2012275107 spatial "England.".
- 2012275107 subject "398.352094209034 23".
- 2012275107 subject "GR141 .B35 2012".
- 2012275107 subject "Popular culture England History 19th century.".
- 2012275107 subject "Spring-heeled Jack (Legendary character)".
- 2012275107 subject "Urban folklore England.".
- 2012275107 tableOfContents "Introduction -- The legend of spring-heeled Jack -- The cultural anatomy of a legend -- Spring-heeled Jack, crime and the reform of customary culture -- Spring-heeled Jack and Victorian society -- Spring-heeled Jack and London -- Cultural nodes: localities -- Cultural modes: oral, literary and visual -- The decline and demise of spring-heeled Jack -- Conclusion: spring-heeled Jack and Victorian popular cultures.".
- 2012275107 title "The legend of spring-heeled Jack : Victorian urban folklore and popular cultures / Karl Bell.".
- 2012275107 type "text".