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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.

Publication Info. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
©2006
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  823.0872 K96C    Check Shelf
Description vii, 207 pages ; 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
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.
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.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1890-1940
Other Form: Online version: Kungl, Carla T. (Carla Therese) Creating the fictional female detective. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006 (OCoLC)607809869
ISBN 0786425288 paperback alkaline paper
9780786425280 paperback alkaline paper
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