In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women

In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women / Patricia Murphy.

Author/creator	Murphy, Patricia, 1951-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006.
Description	ix, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	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.

Contents	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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
LCCN	2006028281
ISBN	082621682X (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780826216823 (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780826216823

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR468.S34 M87 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold