The Bloomsbury Handbook To Agatha Christie

Author : Mary Anna Evans,J.C. Bernthal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350212497

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The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie by Mary Anna Evans,J.C. Bernthal Pdf

Nominated for the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical / Biography The first specifically academic companion to contemporary scholarship on the work of Agatha Christie, this book includes chapters by an international group of scholars writing on topics and fields of study as various as ecocriticism and the anthropocene, popular modernism, middlebrow fiction, queer theory, feminism, crime and the state, and more. It addresses a broad selection of Christie's crime novels, as well as her short stories, literary novels written pseudonymously, and her own and others' dramatic adaptations for television, film, and the stage. Featuring unprecedented access to images and content held in Christie's personal archive, as well as a Foreword from renowned crime fiction writer Val McDermid, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Christie's work and legacy.

Author : James Zemboy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476665955

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The Detective Novels of Agatha Christie by James Zemboy Pdf

The most popular mystery writer of all time concocted a rich recipe of intrigue, character, and setting. All of Agatha Christie's 66 detective novels are covered here in great detail. Each chapter begins with general comments on a novel's geographical and historical setting, identifying current events, fashions, fads and popular interests that relate to the story. A concise plot summary and comprehensive character listing follow, and each novel is discussed within Christie's overall body of work, with an emphasis on the development of themes, narrative technique, and characters over the course of her prolific career. An appendix translates Poirot's French and defines the British idiomatic words and phrases that give Christie's novels so much of their flavor.

Author : Kathryn Harkup
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1472945832

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A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup Pdf

Investigates the poisons Christie employs in fourteen of her mysteries, discussing why the poisons kill, how they interact, obtainability of such poisons, and which cases may have inspired Christie's stories.

Author : J.C Bernthal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319335339

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Queering Agatha Christie by J.C Bernthal Pdf

This book is the first fully theorized queer reading of a Golden Age British crime writer. Agatha Christie was the most commercially successful novelist of the twentieth century, and her fiction remains popular. She created such memorable characters as Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple, and has become synonymous with a nostalgic, conservative tradition of crime fiction. J.C. Bernthal reads Christie through the lens of queer theory, uncovering a playful, alert, and subversive social commentary. After considering Christie’s emergence in a commercial market hostile to her sex, in Queering Agatha Christie Bernthal explores homophobic stereotypes, gender performativity, queer children, and masquerade in key texts published between 1920 and 1952. Christie engaged with debates around human identity in a unique historical period affected by two world wars. The final chapter considers twenty-first century Poirot and Marple adaptations, with visible LGBT characters, and poses the question: might the books be queerer?

Author : Mary Anna Evans
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Mystery and detective stories
ISBN : 1456530704

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Wounded Earth by Mary Anna Evans Pdf

Larabeth McLeod has beauty, money, several patents, a Ph.D., a successful environmental firm, and some very old secrets. When a man with the uncomfortable name of Babykiller begins stalking her, terrorizing her with stories of her darkest days in Vietnam, she feels compelled to fight back...until he exposes her most tender secret of all by threatening the daughter she has never met.She turns to private detective J.D. Hatten for help, breaking five years of separation and silence between quarreling friends. And then Babykiller shows his true capabilities. If she goes to the police for protection, people will die. Lots and lots of people will die. And one of them will be her daughter.Larabeth and J.D. are just a normal man and woman, up against a babykiller. But then, maybe Babykiller picked the wrong people to play his twisted game...WOUNDED EARTH is the first thriller by award-winning mystery writer Mary Anna Evans, author of ARTIFACTS, RELICS, EFFIGIES, FINDINGS, FLOODGATES, and in 2011, PLUNDER.What People are Saying About Mary Anna Evans' Fiction--For Florida Book Awards Bronze Medalist EFFIGIES:"We mystery lovers who've enjoyed Artifacts and then decided that Relics was even better may not believe this, but Ms. Evans has done it again, and Effigies is the best one yet. Again, she makes a lesson in our past a fascinating read."--Tony Hillerman, recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award, and the Navajo Tribe's Special Friend Award, among many other honors.For Benjamin Franklin Award-winner ARTIFACTS:"It's always fun to discover a new Florida voice, especially one who can bring to life the rich texture-the sand, the sea, the moss-draped live oaks, the seedy fishing shacks, the salted boat culture-of the state's coast...the menace and the history are resolved in a hurricane of a finale."--Tampa TribuneFor IMBA Bestseller RELICS:"A fascinating look at contemporary archaeology but also a twisted story of greed and its effects." Dallas Morning News

Author : Alistair D. McGown
Publisher : British Film Institute
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1844570274

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BFI Television Handbook 2005 by Alistair D. McGown Pdf

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Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Belgians
ISBN : OCLC:1337835989

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Agatha Christie's Poirot by Agatha Christie Pdf

Author : Nadia Atia,Kate Houlden
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317299011

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Popular Postcolonialisms by Nadia Atia,Kate Houlden Pdf

Drawing together the insights of postcolonial scholarship and cultural studies, Popular Postcolonialisms questions the place of ‘the popular’ in the postcolonial paradigm. Multidisciplinary in focus, this collection explores the extent to which popular forms are infused with colonial logics, and whether they can be employed by those advocating for change. It considers a range of fiction, film, and non-hegemonic cultural forms, engaging with topics such as environmental change, language activism, and cultural imperialism alongside analysis of figures like Tarzan and Frankenstein. Building on the work of cultural theorists, it asks whether the popular is actually where elite conceptions of the world may best be challenged. It also addresses middlebrow cultural production, which has tended to be seen as antithetical to radical traditions, asking whether this might, in fact, form an unlikely realm from which to question, critique, or challenge colonial tropes. Examining the ways in which the imprint of colonial history is in evidence (interrogated, mythologized or sublimated) within popular cultural production, this book raises a series of speculative questions exploring the interrelation of the popular and the postcolonial.

Author : Rebecca Mills,J.C. Bernthal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000740844

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Agatha Christie Goes to War by Rebecca Mills,J.C. Bernthal Pdf

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.

Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786032409

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Agatha Christie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Pdf

In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Agatha Christie, the most famous crime writer of all time. When Agatha was young, she read books every night, but always had her own idea for how they should end! As an adult, her crime novels, with their twists and turns and peculiar detectives, challenged the minds of millions of readers, making her the queen of mystery and the bestselling novelist of all time. This ebook features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the end, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the author's life. Little People, BIG DREAMSis a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of ebooks offers inspiring messages to children of all ages. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

Author : Kathryn Harkup
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781472911308

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A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup Pdf

Shortlisted for the BMA Book Awards and Macavity Awards 2016Fourteen novels. Fourteen poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...Agatha Christie revelled in the use of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books; indeed, she employed it more than any other murder method, with the poison itself often being a central part of the novel. Her choice of deadly substances was far from random - the characteristics of each often provide vital clues to the discovery of the murderer. With gunshots or stabbings the cause of death is obvious, but this is not the case with poisons. How is it that some compounds prove so deadly, and in such tiny amounts?Christie's extensive chemical knowledge provides the backdrop for A is for Arsenic, in which Kathryn Harkup investigates the poisons used by the murderer in fourteen classic Agatha Christie mysteries. It looks at why certain chemicals kill, how they interact with the body, the cases that may have inspired Christie, and the feasibility of obtaining, administering and detecting these poisons, both at the time the novel was written and today. A is for Arsenic is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.

Author : Mary Anna Evans
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781464215568

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The Physicists' Daughter by Mary Anna Evans Pdf

Perfect for fans of The Alice Network and Kate Quinn, The Physicists' Daughter is "a fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook. No one can be trusted. The fate of a country is at stake. And everything depends on the physicists' daughter. New Orleans, 1944. Sabotage. That's the word on factory worker Justine Byrne's mind as she is repeatedly called to weld machine parts that keep failing with no clear cause. Could someone inside the secretive Carbon Division be deliberately undermining the factory's Allied war efforts? Raised by her late parents to think logically, she also can't help wondering just what the oddly shaped carbon gadgets she assembles day after day have to do with the boats the factory builds. When a crane inexplicably crashes to the factory floor, leaving a woman dead, Justine can no longer ignore her nagging fear that German spies are at work within the building, trying to put the factory and its workers out of commission. Unable to trust anyone—not the charming men vying for her attention, not her unpleasant boss, and not even the women who work beside her—Justine draws on the legacy of her unconventional upbringing to keep her division running and protect her coworkers, her country, and herself from a war that is suddenly very close to home.

Author : Ezra Pound
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474281058

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Ezra Pound's and Olga Rudge's The Blue Spill by Ezra Pound Pdf

Part I. The Edition. Introduction -- "Brilliant detective cut off?": The Blue Spill as an incomplete murder -- Textual essay -- "Too much attention to detail?": the composition of The Blue Spill -- Reading text -- The Blue Spill -- Part II. Essays. A golden-age clue-puzzle: The Blue Spill and detective fiction -- Olga Rudge and Ezra Pound: a career in artistic collaboration

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062129659

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The Second Gong by Agatha Christie Pdf

Lytcham Close, one of the oldest stately homes in England, is owned by the last remaining heir and ruled by his intolerable whims. Old Hubert demands complete silence when he plays music and times dinner exactly by a resounding gong. Rushing down at the sound of the second—or is it the first?—gong, Joan Ashby is about to find out that not only is dinner delayed, but something is going on that no one can explain. Everyone is thrown into disarray when Old Hubert never materializes and instead a new guest is announced: Hercule Poirot himself. What unfolds is a mystery of lovers, and a death that is not as it appears.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bus lines
ISBN : NWU:35556038308730

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The Coach Operators Handbook by Anonim Pdf