03337nam 2200637Ia 450 991080832000332120240417040257.00-7914-8862-40-585-47877-5(CKB)111087027855266(OCoLC)61367561(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587293(SSID)ssj0000197954(PQKBManifestationID)11188860(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197954(PQKBWorkID)10160880(PQKB)11084278(MiAaPQ)EBC3408094(OCoLC)53620265(MdBmJHUP)muse5871(Au-PeEL)EBL3408094(CaPaEBR)ebr10587293(EXLCZ)9911108702785526620020308d2002 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe marked body[electronic resource] domestic violence in mid-nineteenth-century literature /Kate Lawson and Lynn Shakinovsky1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (213 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5375-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.Intro -- THE MARKED BODY -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "A Frightful Object:" Romance, Obsession, and Death in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark" -- 2. Domestic Violence, Abjection, and the Comic Novel: Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers -- 3. Violence, Causality, and the "Shock of History:" George Eliot's "Janet's Repentance" -- 4. "The Sins of the Father" and "The Female Line:" Phantom Visitations and Cruelty in Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Poor Clare" -- 5. Rape, Transgression, and the Law: The Body of Marian Erle in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh -- 6. "Will She End Like Me?:" Violence and the Uncanny in Wilkie Collins's Man and Wife -- Conclusion -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. "A FRIGHTFUL OBJECT" -- CHAPTER 2. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABJECTION, AND THE COMIC NOVEL -- CHAPTER 3. VIOLENCE, CAUSALITY, AND THE "SHOCK OF HISTORY" -- CHAPTER 4. "THE SINS OF THE FATHER" AND "THE FEMALE LINE" -- CHAPTER 5. RAPE, TRANSGRESSION, AND THE LAW -- CHAPTER 6. "WILL SHE END LIKE ME?" -- CONCLUSION -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.Discusses portrayals of domestic violence in six major works of mid-nineteenth-century literature.English fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismFamily violence in literatureDomestic fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismHuman body in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Family violence in literature.Domestic fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Human body in literature.823/.809355Lawson Kate1958-1629261Shakinovsky Lynn1955-1629262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808320003321The marked body3966888UNINA