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

• Autore: Murphy Patricia <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/356
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: In science's shadow
• ISBN: 0-8262-6557-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451913203321
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