Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society
From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
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List of Figures Acknowledgments A Note on the Text Abbreviations Introduction PART I: 'A DOOR OPEN, A DOOR SHUT' On the Street Danger en Route Behind Closed Doors: Bogey-Husbands in Disguise: Mona Caird's The Wing of Azrael (1889) PART II: FIGHTING FOR EMANCIPATION Elizabeth Robins' The Convert The Last Heroine Left? PART III: THE PRE-WAR FEMALE GAZE 'Where Are You Going To, My Pretty Maid?': Elizabeth Robins on White Slavery Read My Lips Bibliography Index
Autoren-Porträt von E. Godfrey
EMELYNE GODFREY graduated with a Ph.D. in English from Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. A freelance writer and researcher, she writes academic articles, dictionary and encyclopaedia entries and poetry, and gives lectures to societies. She is a regular contributor to History Today and is the Publicity Officer for the H.G. Wells Society.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: E. Godfrey
- 2012, 1st ed., 192 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1349336106
- ISBN-13: 9781349336104
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Englisch
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