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Author Law, Jules David, 1957-

Title The social life of fluids [electronic resource] : blood, milk, and water in the Victorian novel / Jules Law.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.

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Description xii, 204 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : dark ecologies : A tale of two cities and "The cow with the iron tail" -- Disavowing milk : psychic disintegration and domestic reintegration in Dickens's Dombey and son -- A river runs through him : Our mutual friend and the embankment of the Thames -- Perilous reversals : fluid exchange in George Eliot's early works -- Merging with others : destiny and flow in Daniel Deronda -- Tempted by the milk of another : the fantasy of limited circulation in Esther Waters -- Ever-widening circulations : Dracula and the fear of management.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Moore, George, 1852-1933 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Body fluids in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801449307 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801462382 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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