American & Canadian Literature, Genres & Literary Forms, General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism, English Literature
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Overview
Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This 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.Book Details
Published
June 19, 1988
Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1988.
Pages
272
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780252015229