Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction

Contents

C O N T E N T S List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction  . Private Violence in the Public Eye: The Early Writings of Charles Dickens  . Domestic Violence and Middle-Class Manliness: Dombey and Son  . From Regency Violence to Victorian Feminism: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall  . The Abused Woman and the Community: “Janet’s Repentance”  . Strange Revelations: The Divorce Court, the Newspaper, and The Woman in White  . The Private Eye and the Public Gaze: He Knew He Was Right  . Marital Violence and the New Woman: The Wing of Azrael  . “Are Women Protected?” Sherlock Holmes and the Violent Home  Notes  Bibliography  Index  v You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...