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Autore: | Johnsen Rosemary Erickson |
Titolo: | Contemporary feminist historical crime fiction / / Rosemary Erickson Johnsen |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina: | 813/.087209358 |
Soggetto topico: | American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
English fiction - Women authors - History and criticism | |
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism | |
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism | |
Historical fiction, American - History and criticism | |
Historical fiction, English - History and criticism | |
Women in literature | |
History in literature | |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Hystory Girls -- 1 Contemporary Women's Historical Crime Fiction -- 2 Medieval Women in Context -- 3 Legal Violence in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America -- 4 (Re)Presenting Sherlock Holmes -- 5 Suffragette Disruptions: History, Chronology, Closure -- 6 Women and the Ever-Present Past -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y. |
Sommario/riassunto: | By examining the feminist interventions of contemporary women writers working in this subgenre, Johnsen advances the existing critical discussion of women's crime fiction. The writers studied here bring research expertise to bear on their chosen historical settings, creating a powerful but widely accessible statement about women in history. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Contemporary feminist historical crime fiction |
ISBN: | 1-281-36570-X |
9786611365707 | |
1-4039-8350-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827276603321 |
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