Framed The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle

• Main Author: Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Michigan Press 2008
• Subjects: Literature: history & criticism; Gender studies: women; Language & Literature; British Studies; European Studies; Feminist & Women's Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Framed uses fin de siècle British crime narrative to pose a highly interesting question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? In this elegantly argued study, Elizabeth Carolyn Miller addres...