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Ageless Agatha Christie : Essays on the Mysteries and the Legacy by J. C. Bernthal (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-101476663130
ISBN-139781476663135
eBay Product ID (ePID)219070981
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAgeless Agatha Christie : Essays on the Mysteries and the Legacy
SubjectMystery & Detective, General, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
AuthorJ. C. Bernthal
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-002459
Reviews"Based on my experience of reading essay collections I would definitely recommend this one as the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way. Moreover, the range covered here also means that there will be something of interest for every Christie fan and has definitely given me a mountain of things to think about and has also given me a serious itch to re-read Christie's work. Additionally, the language used in this collection in comparison to some academic essay collections is on the whole accessible, opening the work to those outside of the academic community" - Cross Examining Crime Blog, April 2016 "A brilliant essay collection on one of the world's most popular detective fiction writers, with each chapter radiating unashamed enthusiasm for Christie and her works...Overall this is a thought provoking collection which provides a new look on Christie and her work... A must read for Christie fans." - CADS (Crime and Detective Stories), Issue 73, "this is a brilliant essay collection on one of the world's most popular detective fiction writers...a thought provoking collection which provides a new look on Christie and her work. This is definitely a must read for Christie fans"-- CADS ; "definitely recommend...the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way...something of interest for every Christie fan"-- Cross Examining Crime ., "this is a brilliant essay collection on one of the world's most popular detective fiction writers...a thought provoking collection which provides a new look on Christie and her work. This is definitely a must read for Christie fans"-- CADS "definitely recommend...the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way...something of interest for every Christie fan"-- Cross Examining Crime ., "definitely recommend...the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way...something of interest for every Christie fan"- Cross Examining Crime ., "this is a brilliant essay collection on one of the world's most popular detective fiction writers...a thought provoking collection which provides a new look on Christie and her work. This is definitely a must read for Christie fans"- CADS ; "definitely recommend...the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way...something of interest for every Christie fan"- Cross Examining Crime .
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal823.912
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface Introduction: Mystery and Legacy Agatha Christie in Dialogue with To the Lighthouse: The Modernist Artist (Merja Makinen) England's Pockets: Objects of Anxiety in Christie's Post-War Novels (Rebecca Mills) Queer Girls, Bad Girls, Dead Girls: Post-War Culture and the Modern Girl (Sarah Bernstein) "With practised eyes": Feminine Identity in The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Charlotte Beyer) "The sumptuous and the alluring": Poirot's Women, Dragged Up and Dressed Down (J. C. Bernthal) "The Encyclopedic Palace of the World": Miss Lemon's Filing System as Cabinet of Curiosities and the Repository of Human Knowledge in Agatha Christie's Poirot (Meg Boulton) "One must actually take facts as they are": Information Value and Information Behavior in the Miss Marple Novels (Michelle M. Kazmer) And Then There Were Many: Agatha Christie in Hungarian Translation (Brigitta Hudácskó) Mother of Invention: Agatha Christie, the Middlebrow Detective Novel and Kerry Greenwood's Postcolonial Tribute Series (Jilly Lippmann) Autobiography in Agatha (1979): "An imaginary solution to an authentic mystery" (Sarah Street) Editorial: Fans Have the Final Word (J. C. Bernthal) About the Contributors Index
SynopsisWhen Agatha Christie died in 1976, she was the bestselling mystery writer in history. This collection of new essays brings fresh perspectives to Christie scholarship with new readings and discussions of little-known aspects of her life, career and legacy. The final word is given to fans in an editorial that collates testimonies from readers, collectors and enthusiasts., When Agatha Christie died in 1976, she was the bestselling mystery writer in history. This collection of new essays brings fresh perspectives to Christie scholarship with new readings and discussions of little-known aspects of her life, career and legacy. The contributors explore her relationship with modernism, the relevance of queer theory, television adaptations, issues with translations, information behavior theory, feminist readings, postcolonial tribute novels, celebrity culture and heritage cinema. The final word is given to fans in an editorial that collates testimonies from readers, collectors and enthusiasts.
LC Classification NumberPR6005.H66Z554716
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