Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature

Duelling with Danger

E. Godfrey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

201 Seiten

2010
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-30851-1 (ISBN)

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Now in paperback, 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.

Emelyne Godfrey graduated with a PhD in English from Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. A freelance writer and researcher, she has written academic articles, dictionary and encyclopaedia entries and poetry. She is a regular contributor to History Today and is the Publicity Officer for the H.G. Wells Society.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on the Text and Abbreviations Introduction PART I: THE GAROTTING FARCE: ARMOURED MASCULINITY AND ITS LIMITS: 1851-1867 Foreign Crimes Hit British Shores The Ticket-Of-Leave Man Tooled Up: The Pedestrian's Armoury PART II: ANTHONY TROLLOPE: AGGRESSION PUNISHED AND REWARDED: 1867-1887 Threats From Below And Above Lord Chiltern And Mr Kennedy Phineas Redux PART III: PHYSICAL FLAMBOYANCE IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON: 1887- 1914 Exotic Enemies Urban Knights In The London Streets Foreign Friends Bibliography Index

Reihe/Serie	Crime Files
Zusatzinfo	XII, 201 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-137-30851-6 / 1137308516
ISBN-13	978-1-137-30851-1 / 9781137308511
Zustand	Neuware