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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jem Bloomfield, Bloomfield Jem, Jem (University of Nottingham) Bloomfield
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.06.2022
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9781009073998
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907399-8
• Numero di pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements in Magic
• Categorie: 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