- Title
- Phryne Fisher: feminism and modernism in historical crime fiction
- Creator
- Johnson-Woods, Toni; Franks, Rachel
- Relation
- The Australian journal of Crime Fiction Vol. 1, Issue 2
- Relation
- http://www.australiancrimefiction.com/archive-contents-page
- Publisher
- The Australian journal of Crime Fiction
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- This article began as a set of conference papers (American Culture Association / Popular Culture Association, Chicago, Easter 2013; and the Historical Novel Society Australasia, Sydney, 2015). When writing began there was very little information about Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Only one series had aired, and the first paper served as an introduction to Kerry Greenwood while the second explored the historical integrity of Greenwood’s approach to her fiction. Today, Greenwood needs no such introductions. Breaking into the global crime fiction market is not easy. Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Stieg Larsson are authors immediately recognisable to most readers around the world. Australian authors rarely achieve international success, though specialist readers might know Arthur Upfield, possibly Fergus Hume and perhaps Carter Brown. While Kerry Greenwood is arguably one of Australia’s most popular crime writers in Australia appreciated for her no-nonsense heroines, social subtexts, meticulous research, easy reading, her stories are quintessentially Australian. So how did she break into the lucrative global market? It took a television series.
- Subject
- 1920s; lady detective; crime; Australia
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1315904
- Identifier
- uon:23023
- Identifier
- ISSN:2205-9849
- Language
- eng
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