Sherlock's sisters

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.

subjects: English Detective and mystery stories,  English fiction,  History,  History and criticism,  Women and literature,  Women detectives in literature,  Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism,  English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Femmes et littérature,  Histoire,  Roman anglais,  Histoire et critique,  Inspectrices de police dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century,  20th century