Framed
«Given the intellectual adventurousness of these chapters, the rich material that the author has brought to bear, and its combination of archival depth and disciplinary range, any reader of this remarkable book will be amply rewarded. - Jonathan Freedman, Professor of English and American Culture, University of Michigan»
Framed uses fin de siecle British crime narrative to explore a central question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? In this elegantly argued study, Elizabeth Carolyn Miller examines popular literary and cinematic culture of the fin de siecle era - roughly 1880 to 1914 - to shed light on an otherwise overlooked social and cultural type: the conspicuously glamorous New Woman criminal. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- The University of Michigan Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780472070442
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
Anmeldelser
«Given the intellectual adventurousness of these chapters, the rich material that the author has brought to bear, and its combination of archival depth and disciplinary range, any reader of this remarkable book will be amply rewarded. - Jonathan Freedman, Professor of English and American Culture, University of Michigan»