02901cam a2200325 i 4500 on1111786432 OCoLC ta 210420s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 2019951961 9780367208523 (hbk.) 0367208520 (OCoLC)1111786432 PR6005.H66 Z557 2020 Agatha Christie goes to war / edited by Rebecca Mills and J.C. Bernthal. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. viii, 173 p. Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 107 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / by J.C. Bernthal, Rebecca Mills -- Mapping war, planning peace : Miss Marple and the Evolving Village Space, 1930-1962 / by Sarah Martin, Sally West -- Christie's wartime hero : peacetime killer / by Paula Bowles -- Writing through war : narrative structure and authority in Christie's Second World War novels / by Brittain Bright -- Taking on Hitler : Agatha Christie's wartime thrillers / by Merja Makinen -- "When she eats she will die" : informal meals and social change in sad cypress and "and then there were none" / by J.C. Bernthal "A worrying, nerve-wracked world" : Agatha Christie's emergence as a playwright during and after the Second World War / by Julius Green -- "There are things one doesn't forget" : the Second World War in "Three blind mice" and the mousetrap / by Federica Crescentini -- Displaced persons : a murder is announced and the condition of postwar England / by Christopher Yiannitsaros -- Detecting the blitz : memory and Trauma in Christie's postwar writings / by Rebecca Mills -- "The thrill when it suddenly went pitch black!" : blackout cultures in a murder is announced and the mousetrap / by Roger Dalrymple. Agatha Christie has never been substantially considered as a war writer, even though war is a constant presence in her writing. This interdisciplinary collection of essays considers the effects of these conflicts on the social and psychological textures of Christie's detective fiction and other writings, demonstrating not only Christie's textual navigation of her contemporary surroundings and politics, but also the value of her voice as a popular fiction writer reflecting popular concerns. Agatha Christie Goes to War introduces the Queen of Crime' as an essential voice in the discussion of war, warfare, and twentieth century literature. Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Criticism and interpretation. War in literature. Detective and mystery stories, English 20th century History and criticism. Mills, Rebecca, 1982- Bernthal, J. C., 1989- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 107. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 PR6005.H66 Z557 2020 PNLIB21061912 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 2099 2099