Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction [electronic resource] : The Female Gentleman /
Schaub, M.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
British literature.
Feminist theory.
Sociology.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Feminism.
Gender Studies.