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Author:

Rappoport, Jill.

Title:

Giving women : alliance and exchange in Victorian culture / Jill Rappoport.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Generosity in literature.
Women and literature--England--History--19th century.
Literature and society--England--History--19th century.
Women in literature.
Women and literature--England--History--20th century.
Literature and society--England--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Literary offerings -- Fictions of reciprocity in Jane Eyre and Aurora Leigh -- Conservation in Cranford: sympathy, secrets, and the first law of thermodynamics -- The price of redemption in "Goblin market" -- Service and savings in the slums -- The give and take of "new-woman" eugenics.

ISBN:

0199772606 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780199772605 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)701494790

LCCN:

2011004978

Locations:

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)