Framed The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle

• Autor principal: Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2008
• Materias: Literature: history & criticism; Gender studies: women; Language & Literature; British Studies; European Studies; Feminist & Women's Studies
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Framed uses fin de siècle British crime narrative to pose a highly interesting 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 addres...