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

Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes 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. Autor: E. Godfrey Wydawnictwo: Palgrave Macmillan UK Rok wydania: 2012 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 208 Wymiary: 21.6 x 14.0 x 1.4 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781349336104