Villains, Victims, and Violets: Agency and Feminism in the Original Sherlock Holmes Canon

by Angela Misri, Emma Jane Holloway, Amy Thomas

Modern writers have reconsidered every subject under the sun through the lens of Sherlock Holmes. The overlooked subject is agency: the opportunities available to these women for independence and control. What we find all too often are the silences around them. And yet, these clients--villains, victims, and Violets--are pivotal in the world of Sherlock Holmes.

Perhaps more enigmatic than Holmes' methods is what Watson sees: the woman in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627347267
• ISBN13: 9781627347266
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Brown Walker Press (FL)
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"