Sex, crime and literature in Victorian England /

"An exploration of the texts which shaped Victorian attitudes towards the 'condition' of England and the 'question' of its women. It offers a richly contextual commentary on a critical period in the evolution of modern legal and cultural attitudes to the relation of crime, s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Ian, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Pub., 2014.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Matrimonial Causes Act 1857.
Great Britain. > Contagious Diseases Act 1864.
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Women in literature.
Adultery > England > History > 19th century.
Bigamy > England > History > 19th century.
Infanticide > England > History > 19th century.
Prostitution > England > History > 19th century.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Bigamie > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Infanticide > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Law & society.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Prostitution
Infanticide
Bigamy
Adultery
Crime in literature
English literature
Sex in literature
Women in literature
England
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Angels in the house
  • At home with the Dombeys
  • The disease of reading
  • Pleasing and teaching
  • One person in law
  • Newcome v. Lord Highgate
  • Carlyle v. Carlyle
  • Oh reader!
  • The sensational moment
  • Fashionable crimes
  • Mrs. Mellish's marriages
  • The shame of Miss Braddon
  • The precious quality of truthfulness
  • Hardwicke's children
  • R v. Sorrel
  • The lost and the saved
  • Walking the streets
  • The murder of Nancy Sikes
  • Contemplating Jenny
  • Because men made the laws.

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