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Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion - (Crime Files) by R a York (Hardcover)

Name: Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion - (Crime Files) by R a York (Hardcover)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
SKU: 1006475035
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This study shows how she sought to reconcile her attachment to the Victorian past with her recognition of a new society that undermined established order and in doing so gave more opportunities to women, confused class-boundaries, extended tolerance, allowed the cult of pleasure and self-assertion and revealed the ambiguities of respectability.
About the Author: R.A YORK was educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge, UK and University College London.
175 Pages
Literary Criticism, European
Series Name: Crime Files

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About the Book

This new edition to the Crime Files series considers how the cozy world of Agatha Christie is threatened by modernity and uncertainty: war, social mobility, extremist politics and moral liberalization.

Book Synopsis

This study shows how she sought to reconcile her attachment to the Victorian past with her recognition of a new society that undermined established order and in doing so gave more opportunities to women, confused class-boundaries, extended tolerance, allowed the cult of pleasure and self-assertion and revealed the ambiguities of respectability.

About the Author

R.A YORK was educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge, UK and University College London. In 1969 he joined the University of Ulster, UK, eventually becoming Emeritus Professor of European Literature. He has published on European, British and American literature, with a special interest in literary form and language.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.65 Inches (H) x 6.35 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)

Weight: .77 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 175

Genre: Literary Criticism

Sub-Genre: European

Series Title: Crime Files

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Format: Hardcover

Author: R a York

Language: English

Street Date: July 31, 2007

TCIN: 1006475035

UPC: 9780230525016

Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-7157

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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