Bibliograph

Women writing crime fiction, 1860-1880, fourteen American, British and Australian authors, Kate Watson

Type

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Women writing crime fiction, 1860-1880, fourteen American, British and Australian authors, Kate Watson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women writing crime fiction, 1860-1880

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

794034479

Responsibility statement

Kate Watson

Sub title

fourteen American, British and Australian authors

Summary

Arthur Conan Doyle has long been considered the greatest writer of crime fiction, and the gender bias of the genre has foregrounded William Godwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Emile Gaboriau and Fergus Hume. But earlier and significant contributions were being made by women in Britain, the United States and Australia between 1860 and 1880, a period that was central to the development of the genre. This work focuses on women writers of this genre and these years, including Catherine Crowe, Caroline Clive, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mrs. Henry (Ellen) Wood, Harriet

Table Of Contents

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Britain; Introduction; Catherine Crowe; Caroline Clive; Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell; Mary Elizabeth Braddon; Mrs. Henry (Ellen) Wood; Colonial Connections; 2. United States; Introduction; Harriet Prescott Spofford; Louisa May Alcott; Metta Victoria Fuller Victor; Anna Katharine Green; 3. Australia; Introduction; Céleste de Chabrillan; Caroline Woolmer Leakey; Eliza Winstanley; Ellen Davitt; Mary Helena Fortune; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Target audience

adult

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Contributor