From the newgate (worthington) Flashcards
What does worthington mean by Holmes being a walking calendar of crime?
Stamford admires Holmes for his encyclopedic knowledge of criminal biography. And is also the list of prisoneres for trial at an assisses (crimal court)
What is the newgate calendar?
a collection of factual criminal biographies from the 18 and19centuries derives from newgate prison. Prisoners were lodged there before trial and execution.
What did the confession in the criminals story serve as
To validate the death sentence and demonstrate the efficiency of the penal system. Reassuring that crime would be punished.
What sold the newgate pamhlets?
Thee entertainment factor, a combination of the exciting life of the criminal and the pleasures of reading about sensational crime and punishment. The texts sold on a promise of sensationalism.
Was the calandar anthologies expensive?
Yes, so they made ballad sheets that were cheaper. Printed on a single page.
Is the development of the crime fiction Linked with the rise of the novel?
Yes, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, 1719 for instance
What is central in both factual and fictional narratives
The crminal.
What New form appears at the end of 18 century?
The Gothic novel
When is crime firmly established in fiction ?
By the end of 18 th century
What does a crime fiction genre require?
a crime, a criminal, and a victim, a detective and often the police
Did the early crime fiction narratives have police or official detectives
Not until the 20th century.
in the abscence of a police force, what did they have in england in the 19 th century?
criminographic texts such as the execution broadsides had a policing function in warning of the consequences of crime
When and where did they have a state-funded policing force
In France since the 17 th century, which by the 19th century had a clear detective function.
who was Eugene Francois Vidocq?
A french criminal who volunteered his services to the police while still in prison and in 1812 after several years as a double agent, became chief of the surete-a brigade of police detectives.
What did the surete (security force ) do?
Used their knowledge of the criminal underworld and quite often its methods to track down or trap their quarry.