The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd, the life and times of an urban legend, Robert L. Mack
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The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd, the life and times of an urban legend, Robert L. Mack
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd
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bibliography
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Robert L. Mack
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the life and times of an urban legend
Table Of Contents
Pt. 1. Contexts, Themes and Background -- 1. Du Cote de Chez Todd: Man Eating, Meat Pies and the Macabre -- 2. Aren't There Butchers Enough?: The Roots of Myth and Meaning in the Tale of Sweeney Todd -- 3. Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner: True Lies and the Life of an Urban Legend -- Pt. 2. Text and Sources -- 4. Fiends in Human Shape: The String of Pearls and the Earliest Histories of Fleet Street's 'Cannibalic Pastries' -- 5. I Shall Have to Polish Him Off: Proto-Myths and Precedents -- Pt. 3. Visions and Revisions -- 6. The Way of All Flesh: Sweeney Todd, Melodrama and the Theatre -- 7. A Proper Artist with a Knife: Sweeney on Celluloid -- 8. Swing Your Razor Wide, Sweeney: Further Adventures of a Legend -- Appendix: Sweeney Todd: A Genealogy, History and Chronology
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