In science's shadow literary constructions of late Victorian women /
Murphy, Patricia, 1951-
In science's shadow literary constructions of late Victorian women / [electronic resource] : Patricia Murphy. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006. - ix, 239 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA690176 bnb
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English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Sexism in science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women in science.
Women in literature.
Sexism in literature.
Prejudices in literature.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Electronic books.
PR468.S34 / M87 2006
820.9/356
In science's shadow literary constructions of late Victorian women / [electronic resource] : Patricia Murphy. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006. - ix, 239 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA690176 bnb
Uk
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Sexism in science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women in science.
Women in literature.
Sexism in literature.
Prejudices in literature.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Electronic books.
PR468.S34 / M87 2006
820.9/356