1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778295603321

Autore

Murphy Patricia <1951->

Titolo

In science's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : literary constructions of late Victorian women / / Patricia Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6557-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/356

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Sexism in science - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Women in science

Women in literature

Sexism in literature

Prejudices in literature

Marginality, Social, in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778217003321

Autore

Jordan William Chester <1948->

Titolo

A tale of two monasteries [[electronic resource] ] : Westminster and Saint-Denis in the thirteenth century / / William Chester Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-25931-8

9786612259319

1-4008-3038-9

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

271/.1042132

Soggetti

Political science

Great Britain Politics and government 1216-1272

France Politics and government 1226-1270

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TECHNICAL MATTERS: CURRENCIES, CALENDARS, NOMENCLATURE -- CHAPTER I. England and France in the Early Thirteenth Century -- CHAPTER II Two Great Monasteries and Two Young Men -- CHAPTER III. The Treaty of Paris -- CHAPTER IV. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times -- CHAPTER V. A Monumental Rivalry -- CHAPTER VI. Two Royal Successions -- CHAPTER VII. The Abbeys in the New Regimes -- CHAPTER VIII. Diplomacy and Governance -- CHAPTER IX. Epilogue -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis--two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century--and to do so through the lives and competing careers of the two men who ruled them, Richard de Ware of Westminster and Mathieu de Vendôme of Saint-Denis. Esteemed historian William Jordan weaves a breathtaking narrative of the social, cultural, and political history of the



period. It was an age of rebellion and crusades, of artistic and architectural innovation, of unprecedented political reform, and of frustrating international diplomacy--and Richard and Mathieu, in one way or another, played important roles in all these developments. Jordan traces their rise from obscure backgrounds to the highest ranks of political authority, Abbot Richard becoming royal treasurer of England, and Abbot Mathieu twice serving as a regent of France during the crusades. By enabling us to understand the complex relationships the abbots and their rival institutions shared with each other and with the kings and social networks that supported and exploited them, A Tale of Two Monasteries paints a vivid portrait of medieval society and politics, and of the ambitious men who influenced them so profoundly.