Bleak houses : marital violence in Victorian fiction /

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The 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?...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Marriage in literature.
Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism.
Family violence in literature.
Abused women in literature.
Child abuse in literature.
Violence in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Roman familial anglais > Histoire et critique.
Violence familiale dans la littérature.
Femmes victimes de violence dans la littérature.
Enfants > Violence envers, dans la littérature.
Violence dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > European > General.
Abused women in literature
Child abuse in literature
Domestic fiction, English
English fiction
Family violence in literature
Marriage in literature
Violence in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Private 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.

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