Creating the fictional female detective : the sleuth heroines of British women writers, 1890-1940 /

Creating the fictional female detective : the sleuth heroines of British women writers, 1890-1940 /

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Author / Creator:Kungl, Carla T. (Carla Therese)
Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
Description:vii, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Women detectives in literature.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
English fiction.
English fiction -- Women authors.
Women detectives in literature.
Women -- Employment.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6004443
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ISBN:0786425288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780786425280
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.
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.

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