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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: LuElla D'Amico , Emily Hamilton-Honey , Jill Hobgood , Erika Johansson LundingPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic ISBN: 9781666946673ISBN 10: 1666946672 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 15 June 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Manufactured on demand  Table of ContentsIntroduction: Imperfect Adventures: ‘Relatable’ Heroines in Twentieth-Century Girls’ Series Fiction LuElla D’Amico and Emily Hamilton-Honey Chapter 1: Betty Wales: From Series Book Heroine to Lifestyle Brand Jill Hobgood Chapter 2: Adventure, Mystery, and Fashion: On Fashion and the Modelling Profession in Polly the Powers Model: The Puzzle of the Haunted Camera Erika Johansson Lunding Chapter 3: Finding the Right Formula, or How The Madge Sterling Series Provided Mildred Wirt (Benson) with the Perfect Formula for Writing Children’s Mystery Series Todd Latoski Chapter 4: Before Nancy Drew: American Girls' Series Fiction of the 1920s Susan Ingalls Lewis Chapter 5: On Being Glad: Pollyanna and Stoic Thought LuElla D'Amico and Gregory Eiselein Chapter 6: “To See If College Could Make Half the Woman of Me That It Made of My Mother”: The Beverly Gray Series as a Mid-Century Return to Progressive Era Girls’ Series Fiction Emily Hamilton-Honey Chapter 7: Maida Westabrook: Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin’s Little Lady Bountiful Robin Cadwallader Chapter 8: Miss Pickerell Tackles the Stereotypes: Gender, Science Education, and Mid-century Science Fiction Liz W. Faber Chapter 9: “More like Americans”: Sydney Taylor’s Queering of Historical Fiction Girls’ Series Melanie J. Fishbane Chapter 10: “To prove their worth in a man’s world”: Depicting and Encouraging White Women’s Growing Professional Opportunities in Betty Baxter Anderson’s 1940s Career Novels Karen Keely Chapter 11: Inventing the Career Girl Narrative in Vicki Barr Michael Cornelius Chapter 12: Student Dancer: Education, Community, and Love in Regina J. Woody’s Dance-Career Novels Jill E. AndersonReviews"""Beyond Nancy Drew takes its cue from the titular heroine by opening doors that have long been left closed. D'Amico and Hamilton-Honey gather an engaging set of essays that work together to provide a necessary insight into girls' series that have historically been overshadowed by the plucky detective. A valuable asset to scholars and classrooms alike."" --Casey Alane Wilson, Francis Marion University" """As both a scholar and a Nancy Drew fan, I had high expectations for this collection and it far exceeded them. The compiled essays provide an incredibly useful mix of new scholarship on acknowledged classics, recovery projects of female-centered series, and emerging avenues for new research within this rich body of texts. Crossing between girls' fiction studies, series fiction studies, gender studies, book/publishing history and material culture, the various essays offered delightful surprises alongside rigorous examination of the primary texts. I walked away from this book with a long list of series to look up and a strong desire to revisit some of my favorite Nancy Drew mysteries!"" --Rebekah Fitzsimmons, Carnegie Mellon University ""Beyond Nancy Drew takes its cue from the titular heroine by opening doors that have long been left closed. D'Amico and Hamilton-Honey gather an engaging set of essays that work together to provide a necessary insight into girls' series that have historically been overshadowed by the plucky detective. A valuable asset to scholars and classrooms alike."" --Casey Alane Wilson, Francis Marion University" Author InformationLuElla D'Amico is associate professor of English and coordinator of the women’s and gender studies program at the University of the Incarnate Word. Emily Hamilton-Honey is associate professor of English and humanities at SUNY Canton. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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