Title Creating the fictional female detective : the sleuth heroines of British women writers, 1890-1940 / Carla T. Kungl.

Publication Info.	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
	©2006

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PR888.D4 K86 2006	Available	---

Description	vii, 207 pages ; 23 cm
Summary	"This study examines a number of previously overlooked or undervalued women detective fiction writers of the late 19th and early 20th cenuries and traces their relationship to later women writers who shaped the future of the genre, Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Gladys Mitchell"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
Subject	Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
	Detective and mystery stories, English.
	Women detectives in literature.
	Women detectives in literature.
	English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	English fiction -- Women authors.
	Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Women -- Employment.
	Great Britain.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	English fiction.
	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	Women.
	Womyn.
ISBN	0786425288 paperback alkaline paper
	9780786425280 paperback alkaline paper