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The Woman Detective: GENDER AND GENRE
University of Illinois Press, 1995 Paper: 978-0-252-06463-0 Library of Congress Classification PR830.D4K58 1995 Dewey Decimal Classification 823.087209352042
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." -- Feminist Bookstore News This new edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994. "A highly intelligent analysis." -- Ms. "Well-researched and well-written. . . . Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement." -- Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective "Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known, its promise of good reading extending well beyond its own covers." -- Jane Bakerman, Belles Lettres See other books on: Detective and mystery stories, American | Detective and mystery stories, English | English-speaking countries | Popular literature | Women in literature See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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