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- catalog abstract "Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This 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.".
- catalog contributor b7472906.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "British policewo/men: 1864 -- Women detectives in the American dime novel: 1880-1904 -- Britain's turn-of-the-century "lady detective": 1891-1910 -- The lady detective's Yankee cousins: 1906-15 -- How golden was the golden age? British and American sleuths between the wars -- The hard-boiled private eye and her classical competition: 1928-84 -- Modern detectives: 1972-84 -- The moderns continue: variations on a theme -- Female-male partnerships: 1924-78 -- An unsuitable job for a feminist? -- Appendix: Women private eyes 1987-94.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-272) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This 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.".
- catalog extent "x, 282 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0252064631 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries".
- catalog subject "823/.0872/09352042 20".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR830.D4 K58 1995".
- catalog subject "Popular literature English-speaking countries History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Women detectives in literature.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "British policewo/men: 1864 -- Women detectives in the American dime novel: 1880-1904 -- Britain's turn-of-the-century "lady detective": 1891-1910 -- The lady detective's Yankee cousins: 1906-15 -- How golden was the golden age? British and American sleuths between the wars -- The hard-boiled private eye and her classical competition: 1928-84 -- Modern detectives: 1972-84 -- The moderns continue: variations on a theme -- Female-male partnerships: 1924-78 -- An unsuitable job for a feminist? -- Appendix: Women private eyes 1987-94.".
- catalog title "The woman detective : gender & genre / Kathleen Gregory Klein.".
- catalog type "text".