Bleak houses marital violence in Victorian fiction / [electronic resource] :
Lisa Surridge.
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2005.
- xiv, 271 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.
Private violence in the public eye: the early writings of Charles Dickens -- Domestic violence and middle-class manliness: Dombey and Son -- From regency violence to Victorian feminism: The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- The abused woman and the community: "Janet's repentance" -- Strange revelations: the divorce court, the newspaper, and The woman in white -- The private eye and the public gaze: He knew he was right -- Marital violence and the new woman: The wing of Azrael -- "Are women protected?" Sherlock Holmes and the violent home.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Abused women in literature. Child abuse in literature. Domestic fiction, English--History and criticism. English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Family violence in literature. Marriage in literature. Violence in literature.