Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes-Looking at Murder through the Words of Killers
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Prometheus, 2017.
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9781633882546

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Michael Arntfield., Michael Arntfield|AUTHOR., & Marcel Danesi|AUTHOR. (2017). Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes-Looking at Murder through the Words of Killers . Prometheus.

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Michael Arntfield, Michael Arntfield|AUTHOR and Marcel Danesi|AUTHOR. 2017. Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes-Looking At Murder Through the Words of Killers. Prometheus.

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Michael Arntfield, Michael Arntfield|AUTHOR and Marcel Danesi|AUTHOR. Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes-Looking At Murder Through the Words of Killers Prometheus, 2017.

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Michael Arntfield, Michael Arntfield|AUTHOR, and Marcel Danesi|AUTHOR. Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes-Looking At Murder Through the Words of Killers Prometheus, 2017.

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The book also analyzes the written work of killers, using a combination of machine-based linguistic patterning, predictive modeling, and symbolic interpretation, to make sense of the screeds of everyone from the Son of Sam and the Zodiac Killer to the Columbine attackers, the Unabomber, and the recent spate of mass shooters using social media as their preferred narrative platform. They present a theoretical perspective of murder that is based on both the criminological evidence and written works. In addition, the authors examine famous literature that has dealt ingeniously with murder and its relationship with real crime, from the Greek tragedians to Truman Capote to modern-day productions such as Making a Murderer.

This unique approach offers a new means to penetrate the minds of murderers, revealing their motives as well as the wider social meanings of this age-old crime and our continuing fascination with it.
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