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The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels studies how
the detective as a literary character evolved through the
mid-nineteenth century in England, as seen in sensation novels. In
contrast to most assumptions about the English detective, Yoon
argues that the detective was more often tolerated than admired
following the establishment of professional detectives in the
London Metropolitan Police Force in 1842. Through studying the
historical and literary contexts between the 1840’s to the
1860’s, Yoon argues that the detective was seen as a suspicious,
even mistrusted and disdained, figure who was nonetheless viewed as
necessary to combat rising levels of crime. The detective as a
literary character responded to the often contradictory values and
aspirations of the middle class, representing an independent
masculinity and laying claim to scientific authority. The detective
as a literary construct also policed boundaries around English
national identity, often construed against European or colonial
others. This study surveys novels by Charles Dickens, Mary
Elizabeth Braddon, and Wilkie Collins, alongside lesser-knovwn
writers like William Russell, James Redding Ware (pseudonym Andrew
Forrester), and William Stephens Hayward. This book contributes to
the study of mid-nineteenth-century Victorian culture and connects
with broader studies of the detective fiction genre.
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Identity Crisis (Paperback)
Sarah Yoon; Foreword by Terry Muck
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