Title: The private rod
Description: "Exploring the central metaphor of marital violence in these novels, Marlene Tromp uncovers the relationship between the representations of such violence in fiction and in the law. Her investigation demonstrates that sensational constructions of gender, marriage, "brutal" relationships, and even murder, were gradually incorporated into legal debates and realist fiction as the Victorian understanding of what was "real" changed."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: English Domestic fiction, English fiction, Family violence, Family violence in literature, History, History and criticism, Law and legislation, Law and literature, Marriage in literature, Sensationalism in literature, English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century