Sex, crime and literature in Victorian England / Ian Ward.
Description: 154 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781849462945 (hbk.); 1849462941 (hbk.)Subject(s): 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 centuryDDC classification: 820.9'3538'09034 LOC classification: PR468. | S48W37 2014| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.