Sleuthing Miss Marple : gender, genre, and agency in Agatha Christie's crime fiction /
'Sleuthing Miss Marple' mirrors the structure and playful analytic style of a detective novel. Beginning at the 'scene of the crime', this investigation places Agatha Christie and the clue-puzzle in historical context, casting light on the methods, the motives, and, in a sense, t...
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| Fformat: | Licensed eBooks |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2022.
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| Cyfres: | Liverpool English texts and studies ;
93 |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3313467 |
| Crynodeb: | 'Sleuthing Miss Marple' mirrors the structure and playful analytic style of a detective novel. Beginning at the 'scene of the crime', this investigation places Agatha Christie and the clue-puzzle in historical context, casting light on the methods, the motives, and, in a sense, the alibis that underpin Christie's crime fiction. In keeping with the clue-puzzle analytical motif, each chapter builds towards a conclusion that delivers a surprising intellectual payoff. This book is unapologetically textual in approach. It constructs a rigorous evidence base drawn from the Marple short stories and novels, and presents a thorough summary of extant crime fiction scholarship. This provides a foundation for original literary analyses that reveal Christie's engagements with gender roles and genre rules, and the sleights of hand that they conceal. |
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| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781800854451 1800854455 1800854641 9781800854642 |