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Author:
Kungl, Carla T. (Carla Therese)
Title:
Creating the fictional female detective : the sleuth heroines of British women writers, 1890-1940 / Carla T. Kungl.
Publisher:
McFarland & Co.,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
vii, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Women detectives in literature
English fiction--History and criticism--History and criticism
Women--History--Great Britain--History--20th century
Women--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
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.
ISBN:
9780786425280
0786425288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)62872777
LCCN:
2006000010
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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