Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths : Girls' Series Books in America /
Carolyn Carpan.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- xvii, 165 pages ; 23 cm.
- Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ; 30 .
- Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ; 30. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Victorian and Vassar girls: nineteenth-century origins of girls' series fiction -- Schoolgirls and sorority sisters: progressive era high school and college series -- Adventure girls and the new woman: from the progressive era to the jazz generation -- The secret of Nancy Drew and her sister sleuths: -- Career girls and World War II -- Romances and revisions: the junior novel and the new Nancy Drew -- Romance meets reality: girls' series fiction and the second wave of feminism -- Sweet dreams for teen queens: romance renaissance in the Reagan era -- High school horrors! Genre fiction for teens.
"In Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America, Carolyn Carpan provides a social history of girls' series fiction published in America from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twenty-first century."--Back cover.
Children's stories, American--History and criticism. Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism. Girls in literature. Teenage girls in literature. Children's literature in series--History and criticism. Girls--Books and reading--History.--United States Children's literature in series. Children's stories, American. Girls. Girls--Books and reading. Literature. Teenage girls. Young adult fiction, American.