Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society
From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | E. Godfrey | ISBN: | 9781137284563 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | E. Godfrey |
| ISBN: | 9781137284563 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This exploration into the development of women's self-defence from 1850 to 1914 features major writers, including H.G. Wells, Elizabeth Robins and Richard Marsh, and encompasses an unusually wide-ranging number of subjects from hatpin crimes to the development of martial arts for women.
This exploration into the development of women's self-defence from 1850 to 1914 features major writers, including H.G. Wells, Elizabeth Robins and Richard Marsh, and encompasses an unusually wide-ranging number of subjects from hatpin crimes to the development of martial arts for women.
