Overview
- Links Christie’s impact to literary and cultural trends outside of puzzle plots
- Rejects the conservative closure of the detective plot in favor of a more radical reading experience
- Explores modern phenomena in relation to Golden Age fiction
Part of the book series: Crime Files (CF)
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This book has the lovely premise of Christie’s female poisoners as outlaws; rebels, justified seekers of revenge and retribution. Conducting useful comparisons with other iconic authors this book is full of interest. Following the current trend that sees Christie as a pioneer interested in subversion rather than conservative, reactionary and formulaic this book gives an exciting and unexpected reading of her work.” (Ruth Heholt, Linda Ledford-Miller and Kerstin-Anja Münderlein, ICFA - International Crime Fiction Association Newsletter, October, 2023)
“Sylvia Pamboukian strays from the well-trodden paths of Agatha Christie studies, and the result is very satisfying. Pamboukian remains gentle in her treatment of her readers, treading a judicious path between the didactic and the well-paced.” (Alistair Rolls, Associate Professor of French Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and author of Agatha Christie and New Directions in Reading Detective Fiction Narratology and Detective Criticism)
“In Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poisoning, Sylvia Pamboukian provides a timely reassessment of the works of Agatha Christie. Pamboukian reveals how, far from being conservative and formulaic, Christie’s fiction contains a subversive potential located in the author’s reimagining of the female outlaw poisoner. Drawing on documentary evidence, this fluently written study shows how Christie’s pharmaceutical training grants verisimilitude to her depiction of poison….” (Steven McLean, Department of English Literature and Culture, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
“Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison by Sylvia Pamboukian is a provocative and carefully researched book about female poisoners in contemporary detective fiction with a focus on the work of Agatha Christie. Pamboukian deftly demonstrates that female poisoners are part of a pattern of female justice-driven retribution in fiction that has been largely overlooked. This important book thus revitalizes conversations surrounding women’s empowerment by repositioning some of the many female poisoners found in detective fiction as justice-seeking rather than as simple or spiteful mediums of revenge. Readers of detective fiction, especially those who study Agatha Christie, and readers interested in feminism and strong women protagonists will value the well-written insights and discerning close readings within [this book].” (AlisonGraham Bertolini, Associate Professor of English and Women’s Studies Director of Graduate Studies in English North Dakota State University)
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Book Title: Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison
Authors: Sylvia A. Pamboukian
Series Title: Crime Files
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16000-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15999-2Published: 13 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16002-8Published: 14 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16000-4Published: 12 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2947-8340
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8359
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 222
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction, Literary Theory, British Culture