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Self-harm in new woman writing / Alexandra Gray.
LIBRA PR878.W6 G73 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Alexandra, author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Mental illness in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 237 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1.Saintly Self-Harm: The Victorian Religious Context
- 2.Beyond the Fleshly Veil: Self-Starvation in the New Woman Novel
- 3.Deconstructing the Drunkard's Path: Drunken Bodies in New Woman Fiction
- 4.Damaging the Body Politic: Self-Mutilation as Spectacle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781474417686
- 147441768X
- OCLC:
- 1015252233
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