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The Private Rod: Marital Violence, Sensation and the Law in Victorian Britain - Victorian Literature & Culture Marlene Tromp
The Private Rod: Marital Violence, Sensation and the Law in Victorian Britain - Victorian Literature & Culture
Marlene Tromp
Sensation novels - characterized by emotionally and socially provocative dialogue and plots - had their heyday in England in the 1860s and 1870s. Exploring the metaphor of marital violence, the author examines the relationship between the representations of such violence in fiction and in the law.
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 29, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813919492 |
| Publishers | University of Virginia Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 29 mm · 1.06 kg |