Jack the Ripper cannot be contained. This much rings true for the historical criminal, yet in another sense also applies to the popular cultural counterpart. Despite their cultural pervasiveness and no lack of so-called "final" solutions offered by Ripperologists and creative writers alike, the Ripper remains defined by an almost quintessential elusiveness. De/mythologizing Jack the Ripper approaches this paradox by foregrounding its imaginative rather than its criminological dimension. Conside ...