Overview

When Agatha Christie died in 1976, she was the bestselling mystery writer in history. This collection of new essays brings fresh perspectives to Christie scholarship with new readings and discussions of little-known aspects of her life, career and legacy. The contributors explore her relationship with modernism, the relevance of queer theory, television adaptations, issues with translations, information behavior theory, feminist readings, postcolonial tribute novels, celebrity culture and heritage cinema. The final word is given to fans in an editorial that collates testimonies from readers, collectors and enthusiasts.

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Author:   J.C. Bernthal
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781476663135

ISBN 10:   1476663130
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   02 March 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Mystery and Legacy Agatha Christie in Dialogue with To the Lighthouse: The Modernist Artist (Merja Makinen) England’s Pockets: Objects of Anxiety in Christie’s ­Post-War Novels (Rebecca Mills) Queer Girls, Bad Girls, Dead Girls: ­Post-War Culture and the Modern Girl (Sarah Bernstein) “With practised eyes”: Feminine Identity in The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Charlotte Beyer) “The sumptuous and the alluring”: Poirot’s Women, Dragged Up and Dressed Down (J. C. Bernthal) “The Encyclopedic Palace of the World”: Miss Lemon’s Filing System as Cabinet of Curiosities and the Repository of Human Knowledge in Agatha Christie’s Poirot (Meg Boulton) “One must actually take facts as they are”: Information Value and Information Behavior in the Miss Marple Novels (Michelle M. Kazmer) And Then There Were Many: Agatha Christie in Hungarian Translation (Brigitta Hudácskó) Mother of Invention: Agatha Christie, the Middlebrow Detective Novel and Kerry Greenwood’s Postcolonial Tribute Series (Jilly Lippmann) Autobiography in Agatha (1979): “An imaginary solution to an authentic mystery” (Sarah Street) Editorial: Fans Have the Final Word (J. C. Bernthal) About the Contributors Index

Reviews

Based on my experience of reading essay collections I would definitely recommend this one as the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way. Moreover, the range covered here also means that there will be something of interest for every Christie fan and has definitely given me a mountain of things to think about and has also given me a serious itch to re-read Christie's work. Additionally, the language used in this collection in comparison to some academic essay collections is on the whole accessible, opening the work to those outside of the academic community - Cross Examining Crime Blog, April 2016 A brilliant essay collection on one of the world's most popular detective fiction writers, with each chapter radiating unashamed enthusiasm for Christie and her works...Overall this is a thought provoking collection which provides a new look on Christie and her work... A must read for Christie fans. - CADS (Crime and Detective Stories), Issue 73

Based on my experience of reading essay collections I would definitely recommend this one as the arguments posed are thought provoking and engage with Christie in a new way. Moreover, the range covered here also means that there will be something of interest for every Christie fan and has definitely given me a mountain of things to think about and has also given me a serious itch to re-read Christie's work. Additionally, the language used in this collection in comparison to some academic essay collections is on the whole accessible, opening the work to those outside of the academic community - Cross Examining Crime Blog, April 2016

Author Information

J.C. Bernthal is a visiting fellow at the University of Suffolk, UK. He has authored or edited several volumes on Agatha Christie and in 2020, won the Popular Culture Association’s George N. Dove Award for advancing crime fiction scholarship.

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