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Title Feminism in women's detective fiction / edited by Glenwood Irons.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1995]
©1995

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  823.0872 F329F    Check Shelf
Description xxiv, 192 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction. Gender and genre : the woman detective and the diffusion of generic voices -- Amelia Butterworth : the spinster detective / Joan Warthling Roberts -- The detective heroine and the death of her hero : Dorothy Sayers to P.D. James / SueEllen Campbell -- Gray areas : P.D. James's unsuiting of Cordelia / Nicola Nixon -- Questing women : the feminist mystery after feminism / Sandra Tomc -- From spinster to hipster : the 'suitability' of Miss Marple and Anna Lee / Glenwood Irons and Joan Warthling Roberts -- Nancy Drew : the once and future prom queen / Bobbie Ann Mason --Feminist murder : Amanda Cross reinvents womanhood / Jeanne Addison Roberts -- Murders academic : women professors and the crimes of gender / Susan J. Leonardi -- Talkin' trash and kickin' butt : Sue Grafton's hard-boiled feminism / Scott Christianson -- The female dick and the crisis of heterosexuality / Ann Wilson -- 'Friends is a weak word for it': female friendship and the spectre of lebianism in Sara Paretsky / Rebecca A. Pope -- Habeass corpus: feminism and detective fiction / Kathleen Gregory Klein.
Subject Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Canadian fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Indexed Term English fiction Detective stories
English fiction By Women
Added Author Irons, Glenwood H. (Glenwood Henry), 1951-
ISBN 0802005195 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0802069541 (paper : acid-free paper)
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