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050 00 $aPS374.D4$bR49 2001
082 00 $a813/.0872099287/0904$221
100 1 $aReynolds, Moira Davison.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145302
245 10 $aWomen authors of detective series :$btwenty-one American and British writers, 1900-2000 /$cby Moira Davison Reynolds.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$c2001.
263 $a0105
300 $aviii, 182 pages :$bportraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-179) and index.
520 1 $a"While the roots of the detective novel go back to the 19th century, the genre reached its height around 1925 to 1945. This work presents information on 21 British and American women who wrote during the 20th century.".
520 8 $a"As a group they were largely responsible for the great popularity of the detective novel in the first half of the century. The British authors are Dora Turnbull (Patricia Wentworth), Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Elizabeth MacKintosh (Josephine Tey), Ngaio Marsh, Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters), Phyllis Dorothy James White (P.D. James), Gwendoline Butler (Jennie Melville), and Ruth Rendell, and the Americans are Patricia Highsmith, Carolyn G.
520 8 $aHeilbrun (Amanda Cross), Edna Buchanan, Kate Gallison, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Patricia Cornwell, Carol Higgins Clark, and Megan Mallory Rust. A flavor of each author's work is provided"--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102216
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113456
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113574
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102218
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$vBio-bibliography.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$vBio-bibliography.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100757
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103101
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$vBio-bibliography.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$vBio-bibliography.
650 0 $aSeries (Publications)$vBibliography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010112663
852 00 $bbar$hPS374.D4$iR49 2001
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS374.D4$iR49 2001