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Title
Victorian hands
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Capuano, Peter J. (Editor)
Zemka, Sue, 1958- (Editor)
Subject
Hand in literature (LCSH)
English literature--19th century--History and criticism (LCSH)
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: PR468.H36 V53 2020 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 820.9/3561 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"Focuses on the materiality of hands to show the role that the hand plays in Victorian literature and culture. Contributors to this volume discuss the hand in the works of Charlotte Brontë, Christina Rossetti, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, William Morris, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and Oscar Wilde"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
The anatomy of Anglican industry: mechanical philosophy and early factory fiction / Peter J. Capuano
Lost hands and prosthetic narratives: William Dodd, writing at the industrial join / Tamara Ketabgian
"A fiery hand gripped my vitals": Admiral Nelson, amputation, and heroic masculinity in Jane Eyre / Karen Bourrier
Hands and the will in The woman in white / Pamela K. Gilbert
Hands at a séance: manual evidence in Victorian spiritualism and the ghost story / Aviva Briefel
Hands and minds in The Moonstone / Sue Zemka
The dead hand: George Eliot and the burdens of inheritance / James Eli Adams
Computation and the gendering of gestures / Jonathan Cheng
The photographer's hand / Kate Flint
Staged hands in Bleak House / Julianne Smith
Handling private dramas of class and gender in Anthony Trollope's The Duke's children / Deborah Denenholz Morse
Reading by hand: Oscar Wilde and the body in the archive / Daniel A. Novak
Hands in Hardy and James / J. Hillis Miller.
Authorized Access Point
Victorian hands
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 21628207
Change Date: 2022-05-09T15:37:28
Creation Date: 2020-06-04
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: OU/DLC