03107nam 2200685 a 450 991045191320332120200520144314.00-8262-6557-X(CKB)1000000000475693(OCoLC)614505654(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188299(SSID)ssj0000177738(PQKBManifestationID)11183326(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177738(PQKBWorkID)10219207(PQKB)10735788(MiAaPQ)EBC3570923(Au-PeEL)EBL3570923(CaPaEBR)ebr10188299(EXLCZ)99100000000047569320060825d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn science's shadow[electronic resource] literary constructions of late Victorian women /Patricia MurphyColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20061 online resource (252 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1682-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.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."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.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and scienceGreat BritainHistory19th centurySexism in scienceGreat BritainHistory19th centuryWomen in scienceWomen in literatureSexism in literaturePrejudices in literatureMarginality, Social, in literatureElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and scienceHistorySexism in scienceHistoryWomen in science.Women in literature.Sexism in literature.Prejudices in literature.Marginality, Social, in literature.820.9/356Murphy Patricia1951-951424MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451913203321In science's shadow2206953UNINA