Language, science and popular fiction in the Victorian fin-de-siècle
Subtitle: the brutal tongue
By: Christine Ferguson.
Series: The nineteenth century series; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Ashgate Pub. Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Language and languages in literature.; Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.; English language -- 19th century -- Style.; Science in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What does brutal language mean?; title: The voice of the people : Marie Corelli, the romance, and the language of the masses; title: Savage articulations in the romances of Grant Allen; title: The law and the larynx : R.L. Garner, H.G. Wells, and dehumanization of language; title: Standard English at stake in Stoker's Dracula.