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Neo-Victorian Slumming in London's Gothicity: The Victorian Metropolis' Televisual Transformation into "The City of Dreadful Night"

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Transforming Cities, Volume: 85, Pages: 181 - 209

Swansea University Author: Marie-luise Kohlke Orcid Logo

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Through the prevalent neo-Victorian slumming trope, this chapter explores Victorian London's progressive Gothic transformation into a veritable "City of Dreadful Night", with special focus on the popular television series *Ripper Street* (2012-2016) and *Penny Dreadful* (2014-2016). T...

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Published in: Transforming Cities
ISBN: 9783825367497 9783825377557
Published: Heidelberg, Germany Universitaetsverlag WINTER 2018
Online Access: https://www.winter-verlag.de/en/detail/978-3-8253-6749-7/Pietrzak_Pranger_ea_Eds_Transforming_Cities/
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