'I Am Not the Law': Limits and Expansions of Women's Agency in the Sherlock Holmes Canon

Kelso, Sylvia (2019) 'I Am Not the Law': Limits and Expansions of Women's Agency in the Sherlock Holmes Canon. In: Haile, Resa, and Bower, Tamara R., (eds.) Villains, Victims, and Violets: Agency and Feminism in the Original Sherlock Holmes Canon. BrownWalker Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, pp. 161-172.

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Abstract

Analyses the agency allowed women in the Sherlock Holmes canon with reference to cultural structures such as class, religion, gender, ethnicity and 'customs,' but also wealth and beauty, and draws attention to the 'free pass" the latter two can provide some of Conan Doyle's female characters, in contrast to the negative portrayals of active female desire.

Item ID: 76843
Item Type: Book Chapter (Scholarly Work)
ISBN: 9781627347266
Copyright Information: Copyright, © 2019 Resa Haile and Tamara R. Bower. All rights reserved.
Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2022 00:57
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