{"product_id":"women-writing-crime-fiction-1860-1880-kate-watson-9780786467822","title":"Women Writing Crime Fiction, 1860-1880: Fourteen American, British and Australian Authors","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786467827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786467822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Kate Watson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483686351103,"sku":"9780786467822","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2c53def-63ad-449e-b1c8-84023e37ce1e.jpg?v=1778040002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-writing-crime-fiction-1860-1880-kate-watson-9780786467822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}