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Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths: Essays on the Fiction of Girl Detectives
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- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Social Science
- Subject
- Mystery & Detective, Popular Culture, General, American / General
- ISBN
- 9780786439959
- Publication Name
- Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths : Essays on the Fiction of Girl Detectives
- Publisher
- Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Weight
- 10.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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A collection of essays that focuses its critical sights on the figure of the girl sleuth, made famous by Nancy Drew but also characterized by other famous detectives like Cherry Ames, Trixie Belden, Linda Carlton, and even in contemporary media by Veronica Mars and Hermione Granger of the ""Harry Potter"" series.
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Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786439955
ISBN-13
9780786439959
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66099459
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths : Essays on the Fiction of Girl Detectives
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Mystery & Detective, Popular Culture, General, American / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-030002
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"an excellent addition...recommended"-- Choice "interesting...thought-provoking...a great choice"-- School Library Journal "an absorbing read"-- Feminist Collections "valuable collection...most of the essays are highly readable and cover fresh ground"-- Mystery Scene "a welcome addition"-- Dime Novel Round-Up "interesting, useful, and sometimes entertaining volume"-- Children's Literature Association Quarterly., "an excellent addition...recommended"- Choice ; "interesting...thought-provoking...a great choice"- School Library Journal ; "an absorbing read"- Feminist Collections ; "valuable collection...most of the essays are highly readable and cover fresh ground"- Mystery Scene ; "a welcome addition"- Dime Novel Round-Up ; "interesting, useful, and sometimes entertaining volume"- Children's Literature Association Quarterly., "an excellent addition...recommended"-- Choice ; "interesting...thought-provoking...a great choice"-- School Library Journal ; "an absorbing read"-- Feminist Collections ; "valuable collection...most of the essays are highly readable and cover fresh ground"-- Mystery Scene ; "a welcome addition"-- Dime Novel Round-Up ; "interesting, useful, and sometimes entertaining volume"-- Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
813/.08720992827
Lc Classification Number
Ps374.D4n36 2008
Table of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Mystery of the Moll Dick MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS The Nancy Drew Myth tery Stories JAMES D. KEELINE Originator, Writer, Editor, Hack: Carolyn Keene and Changing Definitions of Authorship LINDA K. KARELL Alice Roy, Détective: Nancy Drew in French Translation MELANIE E. GREGG Race and Xenophobia in the Nancy Drew Novels: "What kind of society...?" LEONA W. FISHER "They blinded her with science": Science Fiction and Technology in Nancy Drew MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS Linda Carlton: Flying Sleuth/Sleuthing Flier FRED ERISMAN The Girl Sleuths of Melody Lane H. ALAN PICKRELL Measuring Up to the Task: Cherry Ames as Nurse and Sleuth ANITA G. GORMAN and LESLIE ROBERTSON MATEER Puzzles, Paternity, and Privilege: The Mysterious Function(s) of the Family in Trixie Belden STEVEN J. ZANI Not Nancy Drew but Not Clueless: Embodying the Teen Girl Sleuth in the Twenty-first Century MARLA HARRIS Hermione Granger as Girl Sleuth GLENNA ANDRADE Teen Sleuth Manifesto MELISSA FAVARA and ALLISON SCHUETTE-HOFFMAN About the Contributors 199 Index 203
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2008
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