The Woman Detective
About the Book
"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." -- Feminist Bookstore News
This new 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.
"A highly intelligent analysis." -- Ms.
"Well-researched and well-written. . . . Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement." -- Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective
"Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known, its promise of good reading extending well beyond its own covers." -- Jane Bakerman, Belles Lettres
About the Author
Kathleen Gregory Klein is editor of Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary and Women Times Three: Writers, Detectives, Readers and a former member of the advisory boards of The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing and Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers.Reviews
"A highly intelligent analysis."--Ms. "Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction."--Feminist Bookstore News"Well-researched and well-written. Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement."--Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective
"Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known, its promise of good reading extending well beyond its own covers."--Jane Bakerman, Belles Lettres
Awards
• Winner, TOTH (EMILY) AWARD FOR BEST SINGLE AUTHOR BOOK IN FEMINIST STUDIES, 1989Related Titles
