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

From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-33610-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 269 g

Reihe: Crime Files

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Godfrey, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Acknowledgments A Note on the Text Abbreviations Introduction PART I: 'A DOOR OPEN, A DOOR SHUT' On the Street Danger en Route Behind Closed Doors: Bogey-Husbands in Disguise: Mona Caird's The Wing of Azrael (1889) PART II: FIGHTING FOR EMANCIPATION Elizabeth Robins' The Convert The Last Heroine Left? PART III: THE PRE-WAR FEMALE GAZE 'Where Are You Going To, My Pretty Maid?': Elizabeth Robins on White Slavery Read My Lips Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.