Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction [electronic resource] : The Mothers of the Mystery Genre /
Sussex, L.author.
This book is a study of the 'mothers' of the mystery genre. Traditionally the invention of crime writing has been ascribed to Poe, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle, but they had formidable women rivals, whose work has been until recently largely forgotten. The purpose of this book is to 'cherchez les femmes', in a project of rediscovery.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Look for the Women; 1 'Origins are Multifarious and Unclean!': The Beginnings of Crime Fiction; 2 Mrs Radcliffe as Conan Doyle?; 3 'A Most Preposterous Organ of Wonder': Catherine Crowe; 4 'I'm a Thief-Taker, Young Lady'; 5 Getting Away with Murder: Mary Braddon; 6 'Dead! And ... Never Called Me Mother': Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood; 7 The (Feminine) Eye of the Law: Mary Helena Fortune; 8 A Jill-of-All-Writing-Trades: Metta Victoria Fuller Victor ('Seeley Regester'); 9 The Art of Murder: Anna Katharine Green
Conclusion: 'She Has Got a Murderess in Manuscript in her Bedroom'A Timeline of Early True Crime and its Fictions; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index.
This book is a study of the 'mothers' of the mystery genre. Traditionally the invention of crime writing has been ascribed to Poe, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle, but they had formidable women rivals, whose work has been until recently largely forgotten. The purpose of this book is to 'cherchez les femmes', in a project of rediscovery.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
British literature.
Sociology.
Fiction.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Gender Studies.