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050 1 4 _aPR468.S34
_bM87 2006eb
082 0 4 _a820.9/356
_222
100 1 _aMurphy, Patricia,
_d1951-
245 1 0 _aIn science's shadow
_h[electronic resource] :
_bliterary constructions of late Victorian women /
_cPatricia Murphy.
260 _aColumbia :
_bUniversity of Missouri Press,
_cc2006.
300 _aix, 239 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
520 _a"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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEnglish literature
_y19th century
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aLiterature and science
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aSexism in science
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aWomen in science.
650 0 _aWomen in literature.
650 0 _aSexism in literature.
650 0 _aPrejudices in literature.
650 0 _aMarginality, Social, in literature.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10188299
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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