Violent women and sensation fiction : crime, medicine and Victorian popular culture / Andrew Mangham.

Author/creator Mangham, Andrew, 1979-
Format Book
Publication InfoBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Descriptionx, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915--Criticism and interpretation.
Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887--Criticism and interpretation.
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889--Criticism and interpretation.
English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
Sensationalism in literature.
Women in literature.
Violence in women.
Law and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Literature and medicine--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Journalism and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.

Contents Explosive materials : legal, medical, and journalistic profiles of the violent woman -- 'The terrible chemistry of nature' : the road murder and popular fiction -- 'Frail erections' : exploiting violent women in the work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- 'Nest-building apes' : female follies and bourgeois culture in the novels of Mrs. Henry Wood -- Hidden shadows : dangerous women and obscure diseases in the novels of Wilkie Collins.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.
LCCN 2007022496
ISBN0230545211 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230545212 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR 878.S44 M36 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold