TY  - GEN
T1  - Sleuthing Miss Marple : gender, genre, and agency in Agatha Christie's crime fiction
T2  - Liverpool English texts and studies ;
A1  - Prideaux, Desirée
LA  - English
PP  - Liverpool
PB  - Liverpool University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1331707092
AB  - '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.
CN  - PR6005.H66 Z794 2022
SN  - 9781800854451
SN  - 1800854455
SN  - 1800854641
SN  - 9781800854642
KW  - Christie, Agatha, : 1890-1976 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Marple, Jane : (Fictitious character)
KW  - Christie, Agatha, : 1890-1976
KW  - Literature: history & criticism.
KW  - Literature.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -