Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion by R.A. York - ISBN: 9780230525016
Hardcover
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 a…

Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion

Power and Illusion

  • Hardcover

    175 pages

  • Release Date

    31 July 2007

Summary

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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780230525016
ISBN-10:0230525016
Author:R.A. York
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:Palgrave Macmillan
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:175
Release Date:31 July 2007
Weight:385g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
Series:Crime Files
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About The Author

R.A. York

R.A YORK was educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge, UK and University College London. In1969 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.

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