Sherlock's sisters
Subtitle: the British female detective, 1864-1913
By: Joseph A. Kestner.
Series: The nineteenth century series; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Women detectives in literature.
Description: "Sherlock's Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913 examines the fictional female detective in Victorian and Edwardian literature. This character, originating in the 1860s, configures a new representation of women in narratives of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This analysis explores female empowerment through professional unofficial or official detection, especially as this surveillance illuminates legal, moral, gendered, institutional, criminal, punitive, judicial, political, and familial practices." "Sherlock's Sisters enlarges the perception of emerging female empowerment during the nineteenth century, filling an important gap in the fields of Gender Studies, Law/Literature and Popular Culture."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.