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“Apprehending the Criminal is a work of substance and sophistication, drawing on an extensive range of historical materials (from France and from England) as well as an impressive array of theoretical analyses, ranging from the historical epistemology of Bachelard and Foucault, to more recent work in discourse analysis and intertextuality.”
— David Garland, British Journal of Criminology
“The strength of this book is Leps’s analysis of such seemingly diverse texts as press accounts of the Jack the Ripper murders, Emile Zola’s La bete humaine, and the Sherlock Holmes stories.” — George Robb, Victorian Studies
“Apprehending the Criminal is a work of substance and sophistication, drawing on an extensive range of historical materials (from France and from England) as well as an impressive array of theoretical analyses, ranging from the historical epistemology of Bachelard and Foucault, to more recent work in discourse analysis and intertextuality.”
—David Garland, British Journal of Criminology
“The strength of this book is Leps’s analysis of such seemingly diverse texts as press accounts of the Jack the Ripper murders, Emile Zola’s La bete humaine, and the Sherlock Holmes stories.” —George Robb, Victorian Studies
"Apprehending the Criminal can stand comparison with Foucault's own work. . . . It is a major and original contribution to historical discourse analysis." — Timothy J. Reiss, New York University
"Discourse analysis is now practiced by many scholars around the world, but I know of no study as complete and as persuasive as this one." — Wlad Godzich, University of Geneva
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Marie-Christine Leps is Associate Professor of English at York University.
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