Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society

From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes

By:

E. Godfrey

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Crime Files

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

October 26th, 2012

Author

E. Godfrey

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

XIV, 192 p.

Pages

192

Series

Crime Files

Dimensions

140x216x16

ISBN-13

9780230300316

Product ID

19852968

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