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 Ph.D. 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. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Note on the Text and Abbreviations - Introduction - PART I: THE GAROTTING FARCE: ARMOURED MASCULINITYAND 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 -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-27345-0
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 03/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido