Agatha Christie and the guilty pleasure of poison / Sylvia A. Pamboukian.
2022
PR6005.H66
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Title
Agatha Christie and the guilty pleasure of poison / Sylvia A. Pamboukian.
ISBN
9783031160004 (electronic bk.)
3031160002 (electronic bk.)
9783031159992
3031159993
3031160002 (electronic bk.)
9783031159992
3031159993
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 222 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-16000-4 doi
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PR6005.H66
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.912
Summary
Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison examines Christies female poisoners in the context of Christies own experience in pharmacy and of detective fiction. In doing so, it uncovers an overlooked dynamic in which female poisoners deliver well-deserved comeuppance for gendered and classed wrongdoing ordinarily accepted in everyday life. While critics have long recognized male outlaws, like Robin Hood, who use crime to oppose a corrupt system, this book contends that female outlaws witches and poisoners offer a similar heritage of empowered femininity. Far from cozy and formulaic, Agatha Christies outlaw poisoners offer readers the surprising pleasures of comeuppance, and they set the stage for contemporary detective fiction writers, more recent films depicting poisoning as empowering, and even poison gardens, which are tourist destinations that offer visitors the guilty pleasure of poison.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Crime files series.
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Table of Contents
1. Agatha Christie, Poison, and Crime
2. Agatha Christie and Pharmacy
3. Dying Game: Unrepentant Outlaws in Christie and Doyle
4. Cheering Bystanders in Christie and Sayers
5. The Revengers Comeuppance in Christie and Jackson
6. The Poisoners Afterlives
7. Readers and the Poison Garden.
2. Agatha Christie and Pharmacy
3. Dying Game: Unrepentant Outlaws in Christie and Doyle
4. Cheering Bystanders in Christie and Sayers
5. The Revengers Comeuppance in Christie and Jackson
6. The Poisoners Afterlives
7. Readers and the Poison Garden.