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Crime At El Escorial

The 1892 Child Murder, the Press, and the Jury
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Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents. D.J. Walker discusses the role of Spain's intellectual elite in crystallizing dissatisfaction with the popular jury through its criticism of the "masses" and the impact of journalists' fictionalized representations of the murder on public opinion.
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Mass Taste and Crime Reporting in the Spanish Press of the 1890s Chapter Two: Fictionalizing the Escorial Crime Chapter Three: The Escorial Case as Rural Gothic Chapter Four: The Case of the "Nino de el Escorial" and the Attack on the Jury Chapter Five: Missed Opportunities Epilogue Bibliography Index
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