Violent women and sensation fiction : crime, medicine and Victorian popular culture /
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Author / Creator: | Mangham, Andrew, 1979- |
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Imprint: | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. |
Description: | x, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6624953 |
Summary: | This book explores ideas of violent femininity across generic and disciplinary boundaries during the nineteenth century. It aims to highlight how medical, legal and literary narratives shared notions of the volatile nature of women. Mangham traces intersections between notorious legal trials, theories of female insanity, and sensation novels. |
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Physical Description: | x, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index. |
ISBN: | 0230545211 9780230545212 |