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Sherlock's sisters : the British female detective, 1864-1913

Title: Sherlock's sisters : the British female detective, 1864-1913 / Joseph A. Kestner.
Author: Kestner, Joseph A.
Publication: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2003.

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Description

vi, 268 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

The nineteenth century series

Uniform Title

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.

Contents

The female detective in Britain -- The Victorian female detective, 1888-1894 -- The Victorian female detective, 1897-1900 -- The Edwardian female detective to 1913.

ISBN

0754604810
9780754604815

LCCN

2003042185

OCLC

ocm51607491
51607491
SCSB-14512930

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library