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Author:

Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xiv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780821416433 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
082141643X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780821416426 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0821416421 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2005010296

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)