Book
Women writers and detectives in nineteenth-century crime fiction
the mothers of the mystery genre
Abstract
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.
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look for the women
pp.1-5
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_1the beginnings of crime fiction
pp.6-25
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_2Catherine Crowe
pp.45-63
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_4Mary Braddon
pp.81-100
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_6Ellen (mrs Henry) Wood
pp.101-119
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_7Mary Helena Fortune
pp.120-141
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_8Metta Victoria Fuller Victor ("seeley regester")
pp.142-163
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_9Anna Katharine Green
pp.164-182
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_10"She has got a murderess in manuscript in her bedroom"
pp.183-185
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289406_11Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2010
Pages: 216
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-32311-1
ISBN (digital): 978-0-230-28940-6
Full citation:
Sussex Lucy (2010) Women writers and detectives in nineteenth-century crime fiction: the mothers of the mystery genre. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.