Much has been written about the girl sleuth in fiction, a feminist figure embodying all the potential wit and drive of girlhood. Her male counterpart, however, has received much less critical attention despite his popularity in the wider culture. This collection of 11 essays examines the boy detective and his genre from a number of critical perspectives, addressing the issues of these young characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop romances. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim…mehr
Much has been written about the girl sleuth in fiction, a feminist figure embodying all the potential wit and drive of girlhood. Her male counterpart, however, has received much less critical attention despite his popularity in the wider culture. This collection of 11 essays examines the boy detective and his genre from a number of critical perspectives, addressing the issues of these young characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop romances. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim Murphy, as well as works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon and Joe Meno.
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.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Nomenclature of Boy Sleuths MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS 1. A Hardy Boys' Identity Narrative and The Tower Treasure LARRY T. SHILLOCK 2. Hardy Camaraderie: Boy Sleuthing and Male Community in the Hardy Boys Mysteries C. M. GILL 3. Terminal Immaterial: The Uncertain Subject of the Hardy Boys Airport Mysteries CHRISTOPHER SCHABERG 4. Strategies of Adaptation: The Hardy Boys on Television BRIAN TAVES 5. Natural Detective Work: Ideas About Nature in the Early Tom Swift Books ELIZABETH D. BLUM 6. Tim Murphy: Superhero Without a Cape FRED ERISMAN 7. Adventures and Affect: The Character of the Boy Detective and Orphan in Astrid Lindgren's Rasmus and the Tramp CHARLOTTE BEYER 8. The Power of Three: Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators Series ALAN PICKRELL 9. Clashing Genres: (No) Sex and (No) Violence in the Christopher Cool, TEEN Agent Series MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS 10. "The Perfect Hero for His Age": Christopher Boone and the Role of Logic in the Boy Detective Narrative NICOLA ALLEN 11. Has the World Outgrown the Classic Boy Detective? JOHN FINLAY KERR About the Contributors Index & nbsp;
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Nomenclature of Boy Sleuths MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS 1. A Hardy Boys' Identity Narrative and The Tower Treasure LARRY T. SHILLOCK 2. Hardy Camaraderie: Boy Sleuthing and Male Community in the Hardy Boys Mysteries C. M. GILL 3. Terminal Immaterial: The Uncertain Subject of the Hardy Boys Airport Mysteries CHRISTOPHER SCHABERG 4. Strategies of Adaptation: The Hardy Boys on Television BRIAN TAVES 5. Natural Detective Work: Ideas About Nature in the Early Tom Swift Books ELIZABETH D. BLUM 6. Tim Murphy: Superhero Without a Cape FRED ERISMAN 7. Adventures and Affect: The Character of the Boy Detective and Orphan in Astrid Lindgren's Rasmus and the Tramp CHARLOTTE BEYER 8. The Power of Three: Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators Series ALAN PICKRELL 9. Clashing Genres: (No) Sex and (No) Violence in the Christopher Cool, TEEN Agent Series MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS 10. "The Perfect Hero for His Age": Christopher Boone and the Role of Logic in the Boy Detective Narrative NICOLA ALLEN 11. Has the World Outgrown the Classic Boy Detective? JOHN FINLAY KERR About the Contributors Index & nbsp;
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