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Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes (Crime Files)
Author: Emelyne Godfrey
Year: October 26, 2012
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.3 MB
Language: English
Year: October 26, 2012
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.3 MB
Language: English
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.