Mills, Rebecca 1982- Bernthal, J. C. 1989- text bibliography nyu New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020 monographic eng

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viii, 173 p. 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. 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. edited by Rebecca Mills and J.C. Bernthal. Includes bibliographical references and index. Christie, Agatha 1890-1976 Criticism and interpretation War in literature Detective and mystery stories, English 20th century History and criticism PR6005.H66 Z557 2020 9780367208523 (hbk.) 0367208520 2019951961 210420 on1111786432