Violent women and sensation fiction : crime, medicine and Victorian popular culture /

Violent women and sensation fiction : crime, medicine and Victorian popular culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mangham, Andrew, 1979-
Imprint:	Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Description:	x, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Braddon, M. E. -- (Mary Elizabeth), -- 1835-1915 -- Criticism and interpretation. Wood, Henry, -- Mrs., -- 1814-1887 -- Criticism and interpretation. Collins, Wilkie, -- 1824-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation. Braddon, M. E. -- (Mary Elizabeth), -- 1835-1915. Collins, Wilkie, -- 1824-1889. Wood, Henry, -- Mrs., -- 1814-1887. English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Sensationalism in literature. Women in literature. Violence in women. Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Literature and medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Journalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. English fiction. Journalism and literature. Law and literature. Literature and medicine. Sensationalism in literature. Violence in women. Women in literature. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6624953

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ISBN:	0230545211 (alk. paper) 9780230545212 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.

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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.
Physical Description:	x, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.
ISBN:	0230545211 9780230545212