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Bleak Houses

- Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction

About Bleak Houses

Examines the works of Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, in the context of the intense debates on wife assault and manliness in the late 1840s and early 1850s. The author illustrates how fin-de-siecle fiction brought male sexual violence and the viability of marriage itself under public scrutiny.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780821416426
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 272
  • Published:
  • November 14, 2005
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 21, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of Bleak Houses

Examines the works of Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, in the context of the intense debates on wife assault and manliness in the late 1840s and early 1850s. The author illustrates how fin-de-siecle fiction brought male sexual violence and the viability of marriage itself under public scrutiny.

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