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Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Profiles novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.
Literature, Modern --- African literature. --- American literature --- Drama --- European literature --- Literature --- Poetry, Modern --- Popular literature. --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Stories, plots, etc. --- Buruma, Ian. --- Gold, Steven Jay. --- Grafton, Sue. --- Johnson, Charles, --- Thubron, Colin,
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Fiction --- American literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- Crime dans la litterature --- Crime in literature --- Criminals in literature --- Criminels dans la littérature --- Misdaad in de literatuur --- Misdadigers in literatuur --- Academic collection --- Crime dans la littérature --- American fiction --- Detective and mystery stories, American --- History and criticism --- Detective and mystery stories [American ] --- 20th century --- Parker, Robert Brown --- Criticism and interpretation --- Mosley, Walter --- Muller, Marcia --- Grafton, Sue --- Paretsky, Sara --- Kaminsky, Stuart --- Block, Lawrence --- Forrest, Katherine V. --- Barr, Nevada --- Hightower, Lynn S. --- Ellroy, James --- Connelly, Michael --- Grimes, Martha --- George, Elizabeth --- Walker, Mary Willis --- Cornwell, Patricia --- Furutani, Dale --- Neely, Barbara --- Rozan, S.J.
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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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Can a gumshoe wear high heels? In a genre long dominated by men, women are now taking their place-as authors and as characters-alongside hard-boiled legends like Sam Spade and Mike Hammer. Hardboiled and High Heeled examines the meteoric rise of the female detective in contemporary film, television, and literature. Richly illustrated and written with a fan's love of the genre, Hardboiled and High Heeled is an essential introduction to women in detective fiction, from past to present, from pulp fiction to blockbuster films.
Hannibal (Film) --- Hannibal (motion picture) --- Silence des Agneaux, Le (Film) --- Silence of the Lambs (Film) --- Silence of the Lambs (Motion picture) --- Women private investigators --- Fictitious characters --- Detective and mystery stories --- Femmes détectives --- Femmes détectives au cinéma --- Personnages fictifs --- Roman policier --- Fiction --- In motion pictures --- History and criticism --- Romans, nouvelles, etc. --- Histoire et critique --- Sociology of culture --- Film --- Thematology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Mass communications --- Women detectives in mass media --- Mass media --- Fictitious characters. --- United States --- Grafton, Sue --- Criticism and interpretation --- Cornwell, Patricia --- Detective and mystery films --- X-Files (television program) --- Women in motion pictures --- Women in television --- Women detectives in mass media. --- Movies --- Literature --- Popular culture --- Television --- Images of women --- Book --- Detective novels
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