02610nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10188299 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060825s2006 mou sb s001 0 eng 2006028281 GBA690176 bnb 013584237 Uk 082621682X (hard cover : alk. paper) 9780826216823 (hard cover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614505654 e-uk--- PR468.S34 M87 2006eb 820.9/356 22 Murphy, Patricia, 1951- In science's shadow [electronic resource] : literary constructions of late Victorian women / Patricia Murphy. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006. ix, 239 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index. 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. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English literature 19th century History and criticism. Literature and science Great Britain History 19th century. Sexism in science Great Britain History 19th century. Women in science. Women in literature. Sexism in literature. Prejudices in literature. Marginality, Social, in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10188299 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 148517 148517