Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Godfrey, Dr Emelyne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Crime files
Subjects:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Crime in literature.
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.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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 changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 pages)
ISBN:9780230294998
0230294995
1282998560
9781282998568
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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