Detecting Feminism: Loveday Brooke and the Redefinition of Professions for Women, by Rebekah Krotzer
Loveday Brooke and Neo-Victorian Depictions of Women Detectives, by Elena Bolstad
By Elena Bolstad
Catherine Louisa Pirkis’s The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (1893) is both a historically important stepping stone in feminist literature and a blueprint for the modern-day neo-Victorian woman detective. Recently, there has been a noticeable uptick in modern media depictions of Victorian women detectives. Inspecting Loveday Brooke through a modern lens can explain why there’s a recent influx of Victorian women detectives on stage and screen and can explore to what extent these representations pay homage to Pirkis’s titular character.
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