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Women writers and detectives in nineteenth-century crime fiction : the mothers of the mystery genre

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	the mothers of the mystery genre
Author:	SussexLucy, 1957-
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Place of Publication:	Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] New York
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2010
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 216 p.)ill. :
Series:	Crime files series
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism. -
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism. -
Subject:	English fiction - Women authors -
Subject:	American fiction - Women authors -
Subject:	English fiction - History and criticism. - 19th century -
Subject:	American fiction - History and criticism. - 19th century -
Subject:	19th century. -
Subject:	American fiction. -
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories, American. -
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories, English. -
Subject:	English fiction. -
Subject:	History and criticism. -
Subject:	Women authors. -
Subject:	Literature. -
Subject:	LITERARY CRITICISM - European -
Subject:	Kriminalliteratur -
Subject:	Frauenliteratur -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230289406An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction is a study of the 'mothers' of the mystery genre, showing that early detective writing was as much a feminine as it was a masculine domain. Traditionally the nineteenth-century 'creation' of crime writing has been ascribed to Poe, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle, but they had formidable female rivals, competing with them commercially and for critical acclaim. Their work has been until recently largely forgotten, and a�study of the precursors to Agatha Christie, Sara Paretsky and P.D. James has never been completed before. The purpose of this book is to 'cherchez les femmes', in a project of rediscovery.
ISBN:	9780230289406electronic bk.
ISBN:	0230289401electronic bk.
Content Note:	Foreword by Val McDermid Acknowledgements Introduction: Look for the Women 'Origins are Multifarious and Unclean!': the Beginnings of Crime Fiction Mrs Radcliffe as Conan Doyle? 'A Most Preposterous Organ of Wonder': Catherine Crowe 'I'm a Thief-taker, Young Lady' Getting Away with Murder: Mary Braddon 'Dead! And Never Called Me Mother': Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood The (Feminine) Eye of the Law: Mary Helena Fortune A Jill-of-all-Writing-Trades: Metta Victoria Fuller Victor ('Seeley Regester') 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 Fiction.

Women writers and detectives in nineteenth-century crime fiction : the mothers of the mystery genre
Sussex, Lucy

Women writers and detectives in nineteenth-century crime fiction : the mothers of the mystery genre / Lucy Sussex. - Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 216 p.) ; ill.. - (Crime files series).
Foreword by Val McDermid.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index..
ISBN 9780230289406ISBN 0230289401
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