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- 2012277245 abstract "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.".
- 2012277245 alternative "Femininity, crime and self-defense in Victorian literature and society".
- 2012277245 contributor B12486351.
- 2012277245 created "2012.".
- 2012277245 date "2012".
- 2012277245 date "2012.".
- 2012277245 dateCopyrighted "2012.".
- 2012277245 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-186) and index.".
- 2012277245 description "Introduction -- Hot house flowers -- Safety in a 'dangerous novel' -- Introducing the texts -- pt. 1. 'A door open, a door shut.' On the street: 'No males at men to stare'? ; The lady is a tramp -- Danger en route: 'The adventure of the solitary cyclist' ; Panic on the line -- Behind closed doors in Mona Caird's The wing of Azrael (1889): Perils of the 'Marriage Market' ; 'Reading nature's plainest danger-signals' -- Perfect gentleman? -- Murder -- pt. 2. Fighting for emancipation. Elizabeth Robins's The convert: Looking after herself ; War with Mr. Wells ; Kicking the suffrage football ; Hatpins and dog-whips -- The last heroine left? Exercising freedom ; Lightning throws and waltzes with Watts ; Potatoes, policemen and Mrs. Garrud -- pt. 3. The pre-ware female gaze. Elizabeth Robins and the 'white slave trade' panic: Following threads ; Shutting in ; 'Houses of Hell' ; The girl with the lamp -- Read my lips: Richard Marsh's world of crime ; The plate-glass partition ; Cutting hair ; Handbags at dawn ; The missing jewel case ; The Ripper and his Shadow ; Trapped ; Death by chocolate -- Conclusion.".
- 2012277245 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.".
- 2012277245 extent "xiv, 192 p. :".
- 2012277245 identifier "0230300316".
- 2012277245 identifier "9780230300316".
- 2012277245 isPartOf "Crime files series".
- 2012277245 isPartOf "Crime files series.".
- 2012277245 issued "2012".
- 2012277245 issued "2012.".
- 2012277245 language "eng".
- 2012277245 publisher "Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- 2012277245 subject "820.93522 23".
- 2012277245 subject "Crime in literature.".
- 2012277245 subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- 2012277245 subject "English literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- 2012277245 subject "Femininity in literature.".
- 2012277245 subject "PR830.W6 G63 2012".
- 2012277245 subject "Self-defense for women In literature.".
- 2012277245 subject "Women in literature.".
- 2012277245 tableOfContents "Introduction -- Hot house flowers -- Safety in a 'dangerous novel' -- Introducing the texts -- pt. 1. 'A door open, a door shut.' On the street: 'No males at men to stare'? ; The lady is a tramp -- Danger en route: 'The adventure of the solitary cyclist' ; Panic on the line -- Behind closed doors in Mona Caird's The wing of Azrael (1889): Perils of the 'Marriage Market' ; 'Reading nature's plainest danger-signals' -- Perfect gentleman? -- Murder -- pt. 2. Fighting for emancipation. Elizabeth Robins's The convert: Looking after herself ; War with Mr. Wells ; Kicking the suffrage football ; Hatpins and dog-whips -- The last heroine left? Exercising freedom ; Lightning throws and waltzes with Watts ; Potatoes, policemen and Mrs. Garrud -- pt. 3. The pre-ware female gaze. Elizabeth Robins and the 'white slave trade' panic: Following threads ; Shutting in ; 'Houses of Hell' ; The girl with the lamp -- Read my lips: Richard Marsh's world of crime ; The plate-glass partition ; Cutting hair ; Handbags at dawn ; The missing jewel case ; The Ripper and his Shadow ; Trapped ; Death by chocolate -- Conclusion.".
- 2012277245 title "Femininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society : from dagger-fans to suffragettes / Emelyne Godfrey.".
- 2012277245 title "Femininity, crime and self-defense in Victorian literature and society".
- 2012277245 type "text".