Murphy, Patricia,  1951- <br/><br/>
In science's shadow  literary constructions of late Victorian women /  [electronic resource] : 
Patricia Murphy. 
 - Columbia :  University of Missouri Press,  c2006. 
 - ix, 239 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the gendered context of Victorian science -- Fated marginalization : women and science in the poetry of Constance Naden -- A problematic boundary : masculinizing science in Thomas Hardy's Two on a tower -- Dangerous behavior : a woman's menacing avocation in Wilkie Collins's Heart and science -- "Escaping" gender : the neutral voice in Marianne North's Recollections of a happy life -- Evolutionary mediation : the female physician in Charles Reade's A woman-hater. 
<br/><br/> "Through close analysis of noncanonical Victorian-era literature by Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Constance Naden, and Marianne North, Murphy reveals how women were often marginalized, constricted, and defined as intellectually inferior as a result of the interplay of sociohistorical trends driven by scientific curiosity and the 'Woman Question'"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA690176  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Sexism in science--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Women in science.<br/>Women in literature.<br/>Sexism in literature.<br/>Prejudices in literature.<br/>Marginality, Social, in literature.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR468.S34  / M87 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>820.9/356