| Author | : James Brampton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 1865 |
| Genre | : Detective and mystery stories |
| ISBN | : |
The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891
| Author | : LeRoy Lad Panek |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2017-02-19 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476628114 |
Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th century. Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.
Women Writing Crime Fiction, 1860-1880
| Author | : Kate Watson |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0786491175 |
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 Prescott Spofford, Louisa May Alcott, Metta Victoria Fuller Victor, Anna Katharine Green, Celeste de Chabrillan, "Oline Keese" (Caroline Woolmer Leakey), Eliza Winstanley, Ellen Davitt, and Mary Helena Fortune--innovators who set a high standard for women writers to follow.
Before Sherlock Holmes
| Author | : LeRoy Lad Panek |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2011-10-14 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0786488565 |
Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the 19th century with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Emile Gaboriau and a handful of other writers. The 19th century was actually awash in detective stories, though many, like the so-called detective notebooks, are so rare that they lay beyond the reach of even the most dedicated readers. This volume surveys the first 50 years of the detective story in 19th century America and England, examining not only major works, but also the lesser known--including contemporary pseudo-biographies, magazines, story papers, and newspapers--only recently accessible through new media. By rewriting the history of the mystery genre, this study opens up new avenues for literary exploration. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Towards Sherlock Holmes
| Author | : Stephen Knight |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2017-01-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476627517 |
Crime fiction--a product of the burgeoning metropolis of the 19th century--features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came to play the central role, the protagonists tended to be lawyers or other professionals. Major English writers like Gaskell, Dickens and Collins contributed to the genre--Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was a best-seller in 1887--and American and French authors created new forms. This book explores thematic aspects of 19th century crime fiction's complex history, including various social and gender roles between different time periods and settings, and the imperial elements that made Sherlock Holmes seem dynamically contemporary.
Nineteenth Century Detective Fiction
| Author | : LeRoy Lad Panek |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2021-09-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476645280 |
In English and American cultures, detective fiction has a long and illustrious history. Its origins can be traced back to major developments in Anglo-American law, like the concept of circumstantial evidence and the rise of lawyers as heroic figures. Edgar Allen Poe's writings further fueled this cultural phenomenon, with the use of enigmas and conundrums in his detective stories, as well as the hunt-and-chase action of early police detective novels. Poe was only one staple of the genre, with detective fiction contributing to a thriving literary market that later influenced Arthur Conan Doyle's work. This text examines the emergence of short detective fiction in the nineteenth century, as well as the appearance of detectives in Victorian novels. It explores how the genre has captivated readers for centuries, with the chapters providing a framework for a more complete understanding of nineteenth-century detective fiction.
The Centrality of Crime Fiction in American Literary Culture
| Author | : Alfred Bendixen |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 2017-06-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1317190718 |
This collection of essays by leading scholars insists on a larger recognition of the importance and diversity of crime fiction in U.S. literary traditions. Instead of presenting the genre as the property of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, this book maps a larger territory which includes the domains of Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Richard Wright, Flannery O’Connor, Cormac McCarthy and other masters of fiction.The essays in this collection pay detailed attention to both the genuine artistry and the cultural significance of crime fiction in the United States. It emphasizes American crime fiction’s inquiry into the nature of democratic society and its exploration of injustices based on race, class, and/or gender that are specifically located in the details of American experience.Each of these essays exists on its own terms as a significant contribution to scholarship, but when brought together, the collection becomes larger than the sum of its pieces in detailing the centrality of crime fiction to American literature. This is a crucial book for all students of American fiction as well as for those interested in the literary treatment of crime and detection, and also has broad appeal for classes in American popular culture and American modernism.
Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction
| Author | : L. Sussex |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2010-07-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0230289401 |
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.
