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November 22, 2008 2:31:06 AM CST



Fritzl's Crimes Rooted in Literary History

Posted May 18, 08 8:03 PM CDT in Crime & Courts Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Josef Fritzl's crimes stunned the world, but such demented patriarchs have long haunted Austrian literature. The dark 1852 story "Turmalin" depicts a deranged husband locking up his daughter; the 1917 novel The Grave of the Living tells of a troubled family and an imprisoned child. "This is the cultural matrix from which Josef Fritzl emerged," writes Ritchie Robertson in the Times Literary Supplement.

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Reporters are reflected in the sunglasses of an Austrian police officer standing outside the house of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Lower Austria, on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
A reproduction of a photo dated from June 11, 1951, shows the then 16 year-old Josef Fritzl standing in front of a statue.   (AP Photo/Private)
A police officer locks the gateway to the house of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, Thursday, May 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
This police photo shows Josef Fritzl.
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