Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Plotting Crimes: Early Crime Writings in Bangla and their Contexts.- 2. Bleak Houses: Domestic Dystopias and Crimes in Bankim's Bishbrikhha and Krishnakanta's Will.- 3. Wanton Wives and Widows: Investigating Female Bodies in the Daroga Accounts of Priyanath Mukhopadhyay.- 4. Deviant by Design: Female Criminals in the Daroga Accounts of Priyanath Mukhopadhyay.- 5. Detection and Desire: Male Goyendas and their Female Bette-Noirs in the Early Bangla Detective Novels