01268cam a2200253 a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002600082100002200108245013100130246007500261260008500336300001900421490002300440505001700463520029200480650006100772650005800833650003000891650004300921650002500964650002500989130412s2012    enka     b    001 0 eng d  a9780230300316  a0230300316  aSDU00aPR830.W6bG583 F 20121 aGodfrey, Emelyne.10aFemininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society :bfrom dagger-fans to suffragettes /cEmelyne Godfrey.3 aFemininity, crime and self-defense in Victorian literature and society  aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;aNew York, NY :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2012.  a192 p. :bill.1 aCrime files series0 aHKBU Library8 aThis 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. 0aEnglish literaturey19th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aEnglish fictiony20th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aFemininity in literature. 0aSelf-defense for womenxIn literature. 0aWomen in literature. 0aCrime in literature.