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

By: Series: Crime files seriesPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781349323111
  • 9780230289406
Other title:
  • Women writers and detectives in 19th-century crime fiction
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.087209928709034 23 S964
LOC classification:
  • PR868.D4 S87 2010
Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index.

"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"--Provided by publisher.