| International Standard Book Number |
0300286600 (paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780300286601 (paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Lodge, Sara (Sara J.), author.
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| Title Statement |
The mysterious case of the Victorian female detective / Sara Lodge.
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| Edition Statement |
[Paperback edition].
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xix, 359 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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| General Note |
First published in hardcover in 2024.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-346) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue: The vanishing lady -- Introduction -- Searchers and watchers: female detectives working with the police 1850-1900 -- Home truths: divorce, domestic violence and the fictional female detective -- Sensation and the stage: the Victorian female detective in the limelight -- Sex and the female dick: the secrets of the private enquiry agency -- Political PIs: newspapers and the new woman detective -- Mrs Warne's profession: inventing the female detective -- Conclusion.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"From the works of Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, our traditional image of the Victorian detective is male -- few realise that women detectives successfully investigated Victorian Britain, working both with the police and for private agencies. Sara Lodge recovers these forgotten women's lives, and contrasts them with the sensational role played by the cross-dressing, fist-swinging female detectives portrayed in Victorian melodrama and popular fiction. Transporting us into the murky underworld of Victorian society in Britain and America, she reveals the female detective as both an unacknowledged labourer and a feminist icon."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
English fiction History and criticism. 19th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women detectives History 19th century. Great Britain
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women detectives History 19th century. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women detectives in literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women and literature History 19th century. Great Britain
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Instructional and educational works.
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