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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第一著者: Prideaux, Desirée
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022.
シリーズ:Liverpool English texts and studies ; 93
オンライン・アクセス:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3313467
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要約:'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.
物理的記述:1 online resource
ISBN:9781800854451
1800854455
1800854641
9781800854642