Sherlock's Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913

by Joseph A. Kestner

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367888319
• ISBN13: 9780367888312
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"