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Hidden hands : working-class women and Victorian social-problem fiction / Patricia E. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Patricia E., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Working class women in literature.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Women and literature.
- Working class writings, English--History and criticism.
- Working class writings, English.
- Social problems in literature.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 224 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Industrial Fictions
- Chapter 1 The Death of the Factory Girl 19
- Chapter 2 Naming the Unnameable: Sexual Harassment and Working-Class Women in Novels of Industry 45
- Part 2 Women, Class, and Politics
- Chapter 3 Two Nations: Women and Politics in Sybil 73
- Chapter 4 Hidden Connections/Missing Links: Luddism and Feminism in Shirley 101
- Part 3 Class Relations
- Chapter 5 Domesticating Violence: Hard Times for Working-Class Women 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0821413880
- 0821413899
- OCLC:
- 45668857
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