Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths: Essays on the Fiction of Girl Detectives - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0786439955 ISBN 13: 9780786439959

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2008

Riassunto

This collection of essays focuses on 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. Topics include the disputed origins of Nancy Drew and the Stratemeyer Syndicate; the intertwined relationships between the Syndicate and Nancy Drew’s many ghostwriters; the distinct and evolving textual identities of the Cherry Ames series; the adaptation of the traditional archetype by contemporary girl detectives like Veronica Mars, Lulu Dark, and Ingrid Levin-Hill; and the ways in which Harry Potter’s Hermione Granger, while a central character in the series, is often at odds with the male-centric, fantasy-genre world of Harry Potter himself. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michael G. Cornelius is an award-winning novelist and the author or editor of numerous scholarly works. He is the chair of English and Communications at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Melanie E. Gregg is an associate professor of French at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Her research is focused primarily on French women writers of the Early Modern period and the twentieth century.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0786439955
• ISBN 13: 9780786439959
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Redattore: Cornelius Michael G., Gregg Melanie E.