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

Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230300316)

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

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

$54.99
Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes by Godfrey, E.

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

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: E. Godfrey
ISBN-10: 0230300316
ISBN-13: 9780230300316
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/26/2012
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
By E. Godfrey
By E. Godfrey
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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.

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