Revisiting the murderess representations of Victorian women's violence in mid-nineteenth- and late-twentieth-century fiction

Revisiting the murderess representations of Victorian women's violence in mid-nineteenth- and late-twentieth-century fiction

The murderess in the twenty-first century is a figure of particular cultural fascination; she is the subject of innumerable books, websites, documentaries and award-winning movies. With female violence reportedly on the increase, a rethinking of beliefs about women's natural propensity towards...

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Main Author: Ritchie, Jessica Frances
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. School of Culture, Literature and Society 2008
Subjects:
women's violence
female violence
murderess
victorian
mid-nineteenth-century fiction
late-twentieth-century fiction
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/897

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