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Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the exception of Christie's Miss Marple, the names of female detectives and their authors have only recently gained wide attention through the popularity of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky.The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth - the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job. Not surprisingly, gender issues are the main focus of all the essays; indeed, in detective novels with a woman protagonist, these issues are often right at the surface.Some of the papers see the female sleuth as an important force in popular fiction, but many also challenge the notion that the woman detective is a positive model for feminists. They argue that fictional female sleuths have lost the `otherness' that a feminine approach to the genre should encourage. Collectively, the essays also reveal the differences between British and American perspectives on the woman detective.

American fiction --- Detective and mystery stories, American --- Detective and mystery stories, English --- English fiction --- Feminism and literature --- Feminist fiction, American --- Feminist fiction, English --- Women and literature --- Women authors --- History and criticism. --- History --- Women and literature |zEnglish-speaking countries |xHistory|y20th century --- English-speaking countries --- Thematology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Literature --- Paretsky, Sara --- Grafton, Sue --- English literature --- American literature --- Women authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- English-speaking countries. --- Anglophone countries --- ROMAN POLICIER AMERICAIN --- ROMAN POLICIER ANGLAIS --- ROMAN POLICIER CANADIEN (ANGLAIS) --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- ROMAN AMERICAIN --- ROMAN CANADIEN (ANGLAIS) --- FEMMES POLICIERS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- FEMINISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- FEMMES ECRIVAINS --- Feminism --- Literary genres --- Writers --- Images of women --- Book --- Detective novels

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This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century. The chapters explore the historical and theatrical contexts in which women have written for the theatre and examine the work of individual playwrights. A chronological section on playwriting from the 1920s to the 1970s is followed by chapters which raise issues of nationality and identity. Later sections question accepted notions of the canon and include chapters on non-mainstream writing, including black and lesbian performance. Each section is introduced by the editors, who provide a narrative overview of a century of women's drama and a thorough chronology of playwriting, set in political context. The collection includes essays on the individual writers Caryl Churchill, Sarah Daniels, Pam Gems and Timberlake Wertenbaker as well as extensive documentation of contemporary playwriting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, including figures such as Liz Lochhead and Anne Devlin.

English literature --- Drama --- anno 1900-1999 --- English drama --- Feminism and literature --- Women and literature --- Women authors --- History and criticism. --- History --- Femmes et littérature --- Théâtre anglais --- Histoire --- Femmes écrivains --- Histoire et critique --- Great Britain --- History and criticism --- 20th century --- English --- English Literature --- Languages & Literatures --- THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) ANGLAIS --- FEMINISME ET LITTERATURE --- FEMMES ET LITTERATURE --- FEMMES ECRIVAINS --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- 20E SIECLE --- Feminism --- Writers --- Theatre --- Book

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Feminism and literature --- Women and literature --- Feminist poetry, English --- English Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- History --- History and criticism --- Wordsworth, William, --- Political and social views. --- -Women and literature --- -Feminist poetry --- -Poetry --- Literature --- -History --- -History and criticism --- Women authors --- Wordsworth, William --- -Views on feminism --- Wœ̄tsawœ̄t, Winlīam, --- Wurdzwurth, Wilyam, --- Varḍsavartha Viliyama, --- Poetry --- Fiction --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Great Britain --- Axiologus, --- Political and social views --- England --- 19th century --- Feminist criticism --- Book

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"This is the first book to deal exclusively with women writers of the liberal-left in the 1930s. The volume has a double purpose: to examine what is radical about women's writing and to draw attention to the richness, diversity and complexity of texts which have often been omitted or marginalised in critical discussion of the period. The contributors offer a broad understanding of the political to encompass a wide range of concerns including matters of race, class, nation, sexuality, personal relationships, and the uses and abuses of power."--Jacket.

English literature --- Women and literature --- Politics and literature --- Literature and history --- English Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- History --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Women authors --- History and criticism --- Political aspects --- Jewish religion --- Poetry --- Fiction --- Thematology --- Lehmann, Rosamond --- Warner, Sylvia Townsend --- Burdekin, Katharine --- Arnim, von, Elizabeth --- Jameson, Storm --- Mitchison, Naomi --- Cunard, Nancy --- West, Rebecca --- Woolf, Virginia --- anno 1930-1939 --- Great Britain --- Congresses --- 20th century --- GENDER --- ENGLISH LITERATURE --- FEMINISM AND LITERATURE --- WOMEN AUTHORS --- 20th CENTURY --- Anti-semitism --- Writers --- Book

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Exploring the intersections of memory, gender, and the postcolonial, Colonial Memory explores the phenomenon of colonial memory through the specific genre of women's travel writing. Building on criticism of memory and travel writing, Sarah De Mul seeks to open Dutch literature to postcolonial themes and concepts and to insert the history of the Dutch colonies and its critical recollection into the traditionally Anglophone-dominated field of postcolonial studies.

English literature --- Thematology --- Dutch literature --- Academic collection --- Lessing, Doris --- Bloem, Marion --- Zikken, Aya --- anno 1900-1999 --- Netherlands --- Great Britain --- Dutch prose literature --- English prose literature --- Imperialism in literature --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Travelers' writings, Dutch --- Travelers' writings, English --- Travel writing --- Women travelers --- Women --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Travelers, Women --- Travelers --- Travel --- Authorship --- Dutch travelers' writings --- Flemish prose literature --- Women authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- Women authors --- History and criticism. --- Women travelers. --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Travel. --- Gender --- Multiculturalism --- Colonialism --- Literary criticism --- Travel literature --- Book --- Decolonization --- Experiences