| Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion 2007 Edition Contributor(s): York, R. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349357413 ISBN-13: 9781349357413 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| Series: Crime Files |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.53 lbs) 175 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |