City of dreadful delight : narratives of sexual danger in late-Victorian London
Walkowitz, Judith R.1998
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In this study the author argues that women in late-Victorian London were not simply figures in the imaginary landscape of male spectators, but also central actors in the stories of metropolitan life that reverberated in all spheres of society.
Main title:
City of dreadful delight : narratives of sexual danger in late-Victorian London / Judith R. Walkowitz.
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Imprint:
London : Virago, 1992.
Collation:
xiv, 353p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and index.
ISBN:
9781853815171 (pbk)
Local class:
942.1081
Language:
English
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BRN:
523461