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...
Main Author: | Ritchie, Jessica Frances |
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Language: | en |
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University of Canterbury. School of Culture, Literature and Society
2008
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/897 |
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