Femininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society : from dagger-fans to suffragettes /

The topic of women and danger has long fascinated historians. This book innovatively situates both well-known and more obscure themes within the cultural context of the development of self-defence for ladies during the period from circa 1850 to 1914. Elizabeth Robins, Mona Caird and Anne Bronte cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Godfrey, Emelyne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Colección:Crime files series.
Temas:
1800-1999
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Crime in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 > English.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers > English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature.
Crime in literature
English fiction
Women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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