02579nam a2200433 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020004100149020004400190040002100234035002100255043001200276050002600288082001800314100002900332245011700361260005400478300001500532504006400547505048700611520039201098533015201490650006101642650006601703650006101769650002201830650002501852650002601877650003001903650004001933655002901973710001702002856012602019ebr10188299CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||060825s2006    mou     sb   s001 0 eng    z  2006028281  aGBA6901762bnb7 z0135842372Uk  z082621682X (hard cover : alk. paper)  z9780826216823 (hard cover : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)614505654  ae-uk---14aPR468.S34bM87 2006eb04a820.9/3562221 aMurphy, Patricia,d1951-10aIn science's shadowh[electronic resource] :bliterary constructions of late Victorian women /cPatricia Murphy.  aColumbia :bUniversity of Missouri Press,cc2006.  aix, 239 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.0 aIntroduction : 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.  a"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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aEnglish literaturey19th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aLiterature and sciencezGreat BritainxHistoryy19th century. 0aSexism in sciencezGreat BritainxHistoryy19th century. 0aWomen in science. 0aWomen in literature. 0aSexism in literature. 0aPrejudices in literature. 0aMarginality, Social, in literature. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10188299zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view