Nancy Drew Revisited: Female Private Eyes in Contemporary American Fiction

Created in the 1930s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate of writers, the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are still very popular today both with teenage girls and American female detective writers. What are the reasons for the enduring appeal of the girl detective? Is Nancy Drew really, as some women writers ass...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isabelle Roblin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2004-10-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/1456