Victorian legs : degeneracy, disability, decorum, desire / Clayton Carlyle Tarr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarr, Clayton Carlyle, author.

Series:

Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century Series

Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects--19th century.

Human body.

Human body in literature--19th century.

Human body in literature.

Body image--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Body image.

Sex role in literature--History--19th century.

Sex role in literature.

Disabilities in literature--19th century.

Disabilities in literature.

English literature--19th century.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([350] pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

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Biography/History:

Clayton Carlyle Tarr is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Summary:

This book studies the science and sexuality of legs during the Victorian period.

Contents:

Introduction: Bifurcated beings

Part I: Degeneracy-Backpedaling

1. Atrophy in The Time Machine

2. Atavism in Heart of Darkness

Part II: Disability-Cane and able

3. Prosthesis in Our Mutual Friend

4. Posthuman in The Law and the Lady

Part III: Decorum-Right ankles

5. Form in Barchester Towers

6. Reform in Armadale

Part IV: Desire-Calf worship

7. Muscle in Barnaby Rudge

8. Masculinity in King Solomon's Mines

Conclusion: See legs

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-8894-5

1-5261-8896-1

OCLC:

1535406621