Screen LibraryWomen writers and detectives in nineteenth-century crime fiction The mothers of the mystery genre /
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 ...
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| Language: | English |
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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. 'Lucy Sussex...makes a persuasive case for many of the neglected female progenitors of the detective genre; the final effect of this concise but information-packed volume will be to send readers out to scour bookshop shelves for some neglected but intriguing women writers.' - Barry Forshaw, Crime Time '...a wide-ranging excavation of the work of lesser-known authors such as Catherine Crowe and Metta Victoria Fuller as well as more famous figures, including Mary Braddon and Anna Katharine Green.' - Emelyne Godfrey, 'Top History Moments of 2010', History Today. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230272293, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 232 p. : 12 b&w, ill. |
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9780230272293 9780230289406 : 0230289401 : |
| CLC: | I561.074 |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations 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 Bibliography. |