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In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women
- Title
- In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women / Patricia Murphy.
- Author
- Murphy, Patricia, 1951-
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 239 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Through close analysis of noncanonical Victorian-era literature by Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Constance Naden, and Marianne North, Murphy reveals how women were often marginalized, constricted, and defined as intellectually inferior as a result of the interplay of sociohistorical trends driven by scientific curiosity and the 'Woman Question'"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the gendered context of Victorian science -- Fated marginalization : women and science in the poetry of Constance Naden -- A problematic boundary : masculinizing science in Thomas Hardy's Two on a tower -- Dangerous behavior : a woman's menacing avocation in Wilkie Collins's Heart and science -- "Escaping" gender : the neutral voice in Marianne North's Recollections of a happy life -- Evolutionary mediation : the female physician in Charles Reade's A woman-hater.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-1263
- ISBN
- 082621682X (hard cover : alk. paper)
- 9780826216823 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006028281
- 9780826216823
- OCLC
- 71237343
- Author
- Murphy, Patricia, 1951-
- Title
- In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women / Patricia Murphy.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780826216823
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-1263