Title Contemporary feminist historical crime fiction / Rosemary Erickson Johnsen

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 173 pages) Contents Preface: Hystory Girls -- Contemporary Women's Historical Crime Fiction -- Medieval Women in Context -- Legal Violence in Mid-Nineteenth Century America -- (Re)Presenting Sherlock Holmes -- Suffragette Disruptions: History, Chronology, Closure -- Women and the Ever-Present Past Summary This book demonstrates how some contemporary historical-mystery writers use their research to create a powerful, widely accessible statement about women in history, while refining an important crime fiction subgenre Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism Women in literature. History in literature. American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction. American fiction -- Women authors. Detective and mystery stories, American. Detective and mystery stories, English. English fiction. English fiction -- Women authors. Historical fiction, American. Historical fiction, English. History in literature. Women in literature. Frauenliteratur Kriminalliteratur USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2006044819 ISBN 9781403983503 140398350X 9781403972781 128136570X 1403972788 9781281365705 9786611365707 6611365702

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