In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women / Patricia Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Patricia, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Literature and science--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and science.

Sexism in science--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Sexism in science.

Women in science.

Women in literature.

Sexism in literature.

Prejudices in literature.

Marginality, Social, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6557-X

OCLC:

614505654