The social life of fluids

Law, Jules David, 1957-

The social life of fluids blood, milk, and water in the Victorian novel / [electronic resource] : Jules Law. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010. - xii, 204 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






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--History and criticism.--19th century
Body fluids in literature.


Electronic books.

PR878.B62 / L38 2010

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