TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irons,Glenwood
TI  - Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction
T2  - Heritage
SN  - 9780802069542
AV  - PN3448* 
U1  - 823/.0872099287 
PY  - 1995///]
CY  - Toronto : 
PB  - University of Toronto Press, 
KW  - American fiction
KW  - Women authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Feminism and literature
KW  - Women detectives
KW  - Fiction
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the exception of Christie's Miss Marple, the names of female detectives and their authors have only recently gained wide attention through the popularity of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky.The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth - the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job. Not surprisingly, gender issues are the main focus of all the essays; indeed, in detective novels with a woman protagonist, these issues are often right at the surface.Some of the papers see the female sleuth as an important force in popular fiction, but many also challenge the notion that the woman detective is a positive model for feminists. They argue that fictional female sleuths have lost the `otherness' that a feminine approach to the genre should encourage. Collectively, the essays also reveal the differences between British and American perspectives on the woman detective
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