Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society
Auteur: E. Godfrey
Nombre de pages: 192 pages
ISBN: 1349336106, 9781349336104
Edition: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date de publication: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Description: 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.