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Informationen zum Autor Michael G. Cornelius is a professor of English and director of the Master's of Humanities program at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He is an award-winning novelist and the author or editor of numerous scholarly works. 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays that focuses its critical sights on the figure of 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Mystery of the Moll DickMICHAEL G. CORNELIUS The Nancy Drew Mythtery StoriesJAMES D. KEELINE Originator, Writer, Editor, Hack: Carolyn Keene and Changing Definitions of AuthorshipLINDA K. KARELL Alice Roy, Détective: Nancy Drew in French TranslationMELANIE E. GREGG Race and Xenophobia in the Nancy Drew Novels: "What kind of society...?"LEONA W. FISHER "They blinded her with science": Science Fiction and Technology in Nancy DrewMICHAEL G. CORNELIUS Linda Carlton: Flying Sleuth/Sleuthing FlierFRED ERISMAN The Girl Sleuths of Melody LaneH. ALAN PICKRELL Measuring Up to the Task: Cherry Ames as Nurse and SleuthANITA G. GORMAN and LESLIE ROBERTSON MATEER Puzzles, Paternity, and Privilege: The Mysterious Function(s) of the Family in Trixie BeldenSTEVEN J. ZANI Not Nancy Drew but Not Clueless: Embodying the Teen Girl Sleuth in the Twenty-first CenturyMARLA HARRIS Hermione Granger as Girl SleuthGLENNA ANDRADE Teen Sleuth ManifestoMELISSA FAVARA and ALLISON SCHUETTE-HOFFMAN About the Contributors 199Index203 ...
