The Woman Detective - 9780252064630

The Woman DetectiveGENDER and GENRE\nAuthor(s): Kathleen Klein\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252064630, 978-0252064630\nSynopsis\n\""Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and [url] fiction.\"" -- Feminist BookstoreNews\n This new edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994.\n\n \""A highly intelligent analysis.\"" -- Ms.\n \""Well-researched and well-written. . . . Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement.\"" -- Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective\n \""Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known,s