From Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
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Softcover. This book presents a series of accounts, in a variety of literary forms, of the Beauchamp tragedy. The Beauchamp tragedy was the celebrated case in which a young Kentucky gentleman, to fulfil a vow of revenge imposed upon him by his wife as a condition of their marriage, assassinated the man who had been her lover years before. Beauchamp was apprehended; after a spectacular trial, he was hanged, and his wife committed suicide. This murder so succeeded in capturing the imagination of American writers and the American public that more than a dozen literary works directly based upon it were written from the time of the murder to the 'present'. These works include plays, ballads, and novels. Taken together they provide a rare opportunity to investigate certain basic problems in literary analysis. Chapter headings include : The Newspaper Account; The Autobiography (The Confession of J.O. Beauchamp, 1826); The Folk Ballad; The Play; The Novel. With Appendix, Questions for Study, Selected Bibliog. 154pp. softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With v. sl. shelfwear o/w Vg+. Seller Inventory # 17145
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE BEAUCHAMP TRAGEDY
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott
Publication Date: 1963
Binding: Softcover / Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First edition.
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