Godfrey, Emelyne. <br/><br/>
Femininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society :  from dagger-fans to suffragettes / 
 Femininity, crime and self-defense in Victorian literature and society 
Emelyne Godfrey. 
 - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York, NY :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2012. 
 - 192 p. :  ill. 
 - Crime files series .
<br/><br/>HKBU Library 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230300316 0230300316 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Femininity in literature.<br/>Self-defense for women--In literature.<br/>Women in literature.<br/>Crime in literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR830.W6  / G583 F 2012