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Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes (Crime Files)

Author Godfrey, E.
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Category Literary Criticism
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Author(s)Godfrey, E.
ISBN / ASIN0230300316
ISBN-139780230300316
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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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