Sherlock's Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913

ISBN-13: 9780367888312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Joseph A. Kestner

Opis

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

Recenzje

'... academic but genuinely interesting...' Tangled Web UK Review '... a treasury of difficult-to-find information for those interested in the development of British female detective... the supplementary material is valuable, the bibliography extensive, and the index excellent.' Choice Review 'In Sherlock's Sisters, Kestner offers an excellent survey of the figure of the female detective as presented in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century British fiction. More importantly, he shows how these stories reflect the cultural conflicts of the time... Kestner's examination of these lesser-known works is fascinating as it attests to the growing desire of women in the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods for equality.' English Literature in Transition '... Joseph Kestner now presents scholars of popular culture and women's studies with an investigation of an almost unknown subgenre: the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century female detective novel... Kestner's work opens the door to a fascinating collection of works often dismissed by literary scholars. In Sherlock's Sisters, Kestner demonstrates that some of the most valuable insights into cultural change are found not in the 'major' texts of the period but in those written on the fringes.' Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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