Joseph A Kestner

Sherlock's Sisters

The British Female Detective, 1864-1913

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Produktbeschreibung

Sherlock's Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913 examines the fictional female detective in Victorian and Edwardian literature. This book considers a range of literary texts by both female and male writers which concentrate on detection by women, particularly those which followed the creation of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780367888312
• ISBN-10: 0367888319
• Artikelnr.: 58441441

Autorenporträt

Joseph A. Kestner was McFarlin Professor of English and Professor of Film Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The Female Detective in Britain: Hayward: Revelations of a Lady Detective (1861/1864)
Forrester: The Female Detective (1864)
Collins: The Diary of Anne Rodway (1856)
The Victorian Female Detective, 1888-94: Merrick: Mr Bazalgette's Agent (1888)
Hume: Madame Midas (1888)
Braddon: Thou Art the Man (1894)
Pirkis:The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (1894)
Corbett: When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead ( 1894)
The Victorian Female Detective, 1897-1900: Sims: Dorcas Dene, Detective (1897)
Hume: Hagar of the Pawn-shop (1898)
Allen: Miss Cayley's Adventures (1899)
Heron-Maxwell: The Adventures of a Lady Pearl-Broker (1899)
Meade/Eustace: The Detections of Miss Cusack (1899-1900)
Allen: Hilda Wade (1900)
Bodkin: Dora Myrl, The Lady Detective (1900)
The Edwardian Female Detective to 1913: Orczy: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910)
Marsh: Judith Lee, Some Pages from Her Life (1912)
Lowndes: The Lodger (1913)
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index.