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Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction : the Female Gentleman.
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Colección: | Crime files series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Middlebrow Women and Detective Fiction; The history of gentlemanliness; The rise of the middlebrow; The politics of detective fiction; Middlebrow feminism, then and now; 2 Victorian Contexts: Failed Gentlemen and New Women; Failed gentlemen; New Women in theory; New Women in fact and fiction: social conventions; New Women in fact and fiction: education and careers; New Women in fact and fiction: sexual relations; Interlude: literary history and literary value; 3 Anatomy of the Female Gentleman; Birth and social class.
- Courage and the annexation of social classThe honor of the mind; Rationalism and irony; 4 Conclusion: Assessing the Female Gentleman; Notes; Bibliography; Index.