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100 1 _aLaw, Jules David.
245 1 4 _aThe Social Life of Fluids :
_bBlood, Milk, and Water in the Victorian Novel.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2010.
264 4 _c©2011.
300 _a1 online resource (218 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aCover -- THE SOCIAL LIFE OF FLUIDS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: Dark Ecologies: A Tale of Two Cities and "The Cow With the Iron Tail -- PART ONE: MILK AND WATER: THE BODY AND SOCIAL SPACE IN DICKENS -- 1. Disavowing Milk: Psychic Disintegration and Domestic Reintegration in Dickens's Dombey and Son -- 2. A River Runs through Him: Our Mutual Friend and the Embankment of the Thames -- PART TWO: DRIVING HUMAN DESTINY: GEORGE ELIOT AND THE PROBLEMATICS OF FLOW -- 3. Perilous Reversals: Fluid Exchange in George Eliot's Early Works -- 4. Merging With Others: Destiny and Flow in Daniel Deronda -- PART THREE: SOLDIERS AND MOTHERS: NURSING THE EMPIRE IN GEORGE MOORE'S ESTHER WATERS AND BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA -- 5. Tempted by the Milk of Another: The Fantasy of Limited Circulation in Esther Waters -- 6. Ever-Widening Circulations: Dracula and the Fear of Management -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
520 _aAnalyzing the expression of scientific understanding and the technological manipulation of fluids--blood, breast milk, and water--in Victorian novels, Law traces the culture's growing anxiety about fluids from the 1830s through the 1890s.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aDickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.
650 0 _aEliot, George, -- 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation.
650 0 _aMoore, George, -- 1852-1933 -- Criticism and interpretation.
650 0 _aStoker, Bram, -- 1847-1912. -- Dracula.
650 0 _aEnglish fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
650 0 _aBody fluids in literature.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLaw, Jules David
_tThe Social Life of Fluids
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c2010
_z9780801449307
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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