Witchcraft and Paganism in Midcentury Women''s Detective Fiction

Witchcraft and paganism exert an insistent pressure from the margins of midcentury British detective fiction. This Element investigates the appearance of witchcraft and paganism in the novels of four of the most popular female detective authors of the era: Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh and Gladys Mitchell.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Agatha Christie; 2. Margery Allingham; 3. Ngaio Marsh; 4. Gladys Mitchell; Afterword.

Summary

Witchcraft and paganism exert an insistent pressure from the margins of midcentury British detective fiction. This Element investigates the appearance of witchcraft and paganism in the novels of four of the most popular female detective authors of the era: Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh and Gladys Mitchell.

Product details

• Authors: Jem Bloomfield, Jem (University of Nottingham) Bloomfield, Bloomfield Jem
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781009073998
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907399-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Magic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, RELIGION / Wicca, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Magick Studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mysticism, Religion: general, Folklore, myths & legends, Mysticism, magic & ritual, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Occult Studies, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form