Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature.

This book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of 'body armour' to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining cha...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Godfrey, Dr Emelyne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Colección:Crime files
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Crime in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
Plays, playscripts.
Literature.
Crime in literature
English literature
Masculinity in literature
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Plays, playscripts > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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