Agatha Christie : power and illusion /

Agatha Christie's novels are not just an image of an ideal world of comfort and order. They depict a world subject to change - to war, to social instability, to the questioning of moral values - and they are closely related to current events. How did Christie, nostalgic for a stable society, re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: York, R. A., 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Crime files series.
Subjects:
Christie, Agatha, > 1890-1976 > Criticism and interpretation.
Christie, Agatha, > 1890-1976
Christie, Agatha.
Christie, Agatha > 1890-1976
Christie, Agatha, > 1890-1976 > analys och tolkning.
1900-1999
Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 20th century.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Detective and mystery stories, English
Women and literature
Engelska deckare > historia > 1900-talet.
Kvinnor och litteratur > historia > England > 1900-talet.
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The spectacle of death
  • The wrong angle
  • Actors and imposters
  • Human nature
  • The self and the other
  • Change and decay
  • The war of good and evil
  • Clues
  • The myth of crime
  • The real and the unreal
  • The culture
  • Curtain: a conclusion.

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