LEADER 03317nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910823730003321 005 20240405030727.0 010 $a0-8214-4199-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713596 035 $a(EBL)1773366 035 $a(OCoLC)889675562 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277385 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207612 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277385 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240895 035 $a(PQKB)11218785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1773366 035 $a(OCoLC)191953298 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9449 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1773366 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141107 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713596 100 $a20050411d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBleak houses $emarital violence in Victorian fiction /$fLisa Surridge 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1643-X 311 $a0-8214-1642-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index. 327 $aPrivate violence in the public eye: the early writings of Charles Dickens -- Domestic violence and middle-class manliness: Dombey and Son -- From regency violence to Victorian feminism: The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- The abused woman and the community: "Janet's repentance" -- Strange revelations: the divorce court, the newspaper, and The woman in white -- The private eye and the public gaze: He knew he was right -- Marital violence and the new woman: The wing of Azrael -- "Are women protected?" Sherlock Holmes and the violent home. 330 $aThe Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates' courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. But how did popular fiction treat "private" family violence? Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction traces novelists' engagement with the wife-assault debates in the public press between 1828 and the turn of the century. Lisa Surridge examines the early works of Charles Dickens and reads Dombey and Son and Anne Bronte?'s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in the context of 606 $aAbused women in literature 606 $aChild abuse in literature 606 $aDomestic fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFamily violence in literature 606 $aMarriage in literature 606 $aViolence in literature 615 0$aAbused women in literature. 615 0$aChild abuse in literature. 615 0$aDomestic fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFamily violence in literature. 615 0$aMarriage in literature. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 676 $a823/.8093543 700 $aSurridge$b Lisa A$g(Lisa Anne),$f1963-$01660241 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823730003321 996 $aBleak houses$94015319 997 $aUNINA