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Gentle Art of Murder : The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie by Earl F. Bargainnier (1980, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-100879721596

ISBN-139780879721596

eBay Product ID (ePID)4495157

Product Key Features

Number of Pages238 Pages

Publication NameGentle Art of Murder : the Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMystery & Detective, Popular Culture

Publication Year1980

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science

AuthorEarl F. Bargainnier

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.7 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN80-083187

TitleLeadingThe

SynopsisThis study of the technique of Agatha Christie's detective fiction--sixty-seven novels and over one hundred short stories--is the first extensive analysis of her accomplishment as a writer. Earl F. Bargannier demonstrates that Christie thoroughly understood the conventions of her genre and, with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity, was able to develop for more than fifty years surprising variations within those conventions., This study of the technique of Agatha Christie's detective fiction-sixty-seven novels and over one hundred short stories-is the first extensive analysis of her accomplishment as a writer. Earl F. Bargannier demonstrates that Christie thoroughly understood the conventions of her genre and, with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity, was able to develop for more than fifty years surprising variations within those conventions.