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.
Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes (Crime Files)
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Author(s)Godfrey, E.
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN0230300316
ISBN-139780230300316
AvailabilityAvailable to ship in 1-2 days.
Sales Rank2,343,249
CategoryLiterary Criticism
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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