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Bleak Houses

- Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction

Om Bleak Houses

The Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates' courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. This book traces novelists' engagement with the wife-assault debates in the public press between 1828 and the turn of the century.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780821416433
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 272
  • Utgitt:
  • 15. november 2005
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 228x154x24 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 488 g.
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 22. januar 2025

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The Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates' courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. This book traces novelists' engagement with the wife-assault debates in the public press between 1828 and the turn of the century.

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