Sex, crime and literature in Victorian England / Ian Ward.
- Title
- Sex, crime and literature in Victorian England / Ian Ward.
- Published by
- Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2014.
- Author
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- Description
- 154 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- An exploration of the texts which shaped Victorian attitudes towards the 'condition' of England and the 'question' of its women. It offers a richly contextual commentary on a critical period in the evolution of modern legal and cultural attitudes to the relation of crime, sexuality and the family.
- Subject
- Great Britain
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Crime in literature
- Women in literature
- Adultery > England > History > 19th century
- Bigamy > England > History > 19th century
- Infanticide > England > History > 19th century
- Prostitution > England > History > 19th century
- Literature
- Englisch
- Literatur
- Ehebruch
- Bigamie
- Kindesmord
- Prostituierte
- Frau
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Contents
- Angels in the house -- At home with the Dombeys -- The disease of reading -- Pleasing and teaching -- One person in law -- Newcome v. Lord Highgate -- Carlyle v. Carlyle -- Oh reader! -- The sensational moment -- Fashionable crimes -- Mrs. Mellish's marriages -- The shame of Miss Braddon -- The precious quality of truthfulness -- Hardwicke's children -- R v. Sorrel -- The lost and the saved -- Walking the streets -- The murder of Nancy Sikes -- Contemplating Jenny -- Because men made the laws.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain