Understanding Agatha Christie /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pugh, Tison (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2023]
Series:	Understanding contemporary British literature.
Subjects:	Christie, Agatha, > 1890-1976 > Criticism and interpretation. Christie, Agatha, > 1890-1976.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Understanding Agatha Christie : the seven paradoxes of her appeal
Agatha Christie's life and puzzling persona
The scofflaw of the golden age of detective fiction
The hardboiled queen of the cozies
The poet of genre fiction
The tragicomic themes of Christie's murders
The queer insularity of Christie's England
Christie's murders at the movies . . . And why she disliked them
Conclusion : literary criticism and the mystery of Christie's murderous pleasures.