TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ward,Ian
TI  - Sex, crime and literature in Victorian England
SN  - 9781849462945 (hbk.)
AV  - PR468. S48W37 2014
U1  - 820.9'3538'09034 23
KW  - English literature
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Crime in literature
KW  - Women in literature
KW  - Adultery
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - Bigamy
KW  - Infanticide
KW  - Prostitution
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -