Bleak houses marital violence in Victorian fiction

Bleak houses : marital violence in Victorian fiction / Lisa Surridge.

Author/creator	Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Athens : Ohio University Press,
Description	xiv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	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.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2005010296
ISBN	0821416421 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN	082141643X (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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