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Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction M. Schaub

Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction By M. Schaub

Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction by M. Schaub

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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.

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Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction: The Female Gentleman by M. Schaub

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.

Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction Reviews

'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

About M. 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.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Middlebrow Women and Detective Fiction Victorian Contexts: Failed Gentlemen and New Women Anatomy of the Female Gentleman Conclusion: Assessing the Female Gentleman Bibliography Index

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GOR011704191
9781137276957
1137276959
Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction: The Female Gentleman by M. Schaub
M. Schaub
Crime Files
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2013-02-21
162
Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Critical/Biographical) 2014
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