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Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction
Melissa Schaub
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Description for Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction
Paperback. This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole.
This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
Series
Crime Files
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349446902
SKU
V9781349446902
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Ref
99-15
About Melissa Schaub
MELISSA SCHAUB is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA. Her research focuses on literature by British women authors, particularly domestic, serial, and middlebrow novels. She teaches courses on British and women's literature, and especially enjoys introducing undergraduates to feminist readings of literature and history.
Reviews for Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction
'The work of the five writers Schaub studies is not wholly conservative, but advances feminist assertion over the new woman fiction of the late Victorian period, giving success to the admittedly rare women able to reason and provide for themselves The study is well researched, well written, and readable.' M. S. Stephenson, University of Texas at Brownsville