Bényei, TamásJilling, Krisztina2016-05-172016-05-172016http://hdl.handle.net/2437/227558The thesis examines doctor and prostitute figures in Victorian and neo-Victorian fictions, concerning their social backgrounds. It analysis the power of medical figures within society and the notion of medicine in collective Victorian thinking. It also examines the position of prostitutes in society as it is represented in Michel Faber's neo-Victorian novel. Finally, it interprets the Jack the Ripper murders as the culmination of the image of the demonized doctor.37endoctorsprostitutesVictorian societydiplomamunkaDEENK Témalista::Irodalomtudomány