Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature

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Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature is written by E. Godfrey and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230294995 (ISBN 10) and 9780230294998 (ISBN 13).

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.