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In science's shadow : literary constructions of late Victorian women /

"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 sociohistor...

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Main Author:	Murphy, Patricia, 1951-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2006]
Subjects:	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.
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