Gale Researcher Guide for: Mystery and Detective Fiction: Agatha Christie

Gale Researcher Guide for: Mystery and Detective Fiction: Agatha Christie

by David Hawkes, Sami H. Atassi

9 pages· ISBN 9781535853552
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Mystery and Detective Fiction: Agatha Christie is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

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    How does Agatha Christie’s writing reflect the social anxieties, class structures, and shifting values of early-to-mid 20th-century Britain?

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    How do iconic detectives like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple use unconventional methods and deep human observation to solve crimes that baffle official police forces?

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