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Creating the fictional female detective : the sleuth heroines of British women writers, 1890-1940 / Carla T. Kungl.
- Title
- Creating the fictional female detective : the sleuth heroines of British women writers, 1890-1940 / Carla T. Kungl.
- Author
- Kungl, Carla T. (Carla Therese)
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
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| Text | Request in advance | PR888.D4 K86 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 207 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This study examines a number of previously overlooked or undervalued women detective fiction writers of the late 19th and early 20th cenuries and traces their relationship to later women writers who shaped the future of the genre, Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Gladys Mitchell"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Geschichte 1890-1940
- Women > Employment > History > Great Britain > 19th century
- Women > Employment > History > Great Britain > 20th century
- Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism
- Women detectives in literature
- English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
- English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Professions for women -- Female knowledge ; of domesticity and intuition -- The spinster as professional woman -- Women writers, detectives, and popular culture -- Dorothy L. Sayers and professional authority.
- ISBN
- 0786425288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006000010
- OCLC
- 62872777
- SCSB-11925481
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library