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Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion - (Crime Files) by  R a York (Hardcover) - 1 of 1

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

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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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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.



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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. 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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