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Witchcraft and Paganism in Midcentury Women's Detective Fiction

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Witchcraft and Paganism in Midcentury Women's Detective Fiction
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jem Bloomfield
SeriesElements in Magic
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
Religion and beliefs
Occult studies
Mysticism, magic and ritual
ISBN/Barcode 9781009073998
ClassificationsDewey:823.0872090912
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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. The author approaches the theme of witchcraft and paganism not simply as a matter of content but as an influence which shapes the narrative and its possibilities. The 'witchy' detective novel, as the author calls it, brings together the conventions of Golden Age fiction with the images and enchantments of witchcraft and paganism to produce a hitherto unstudied mode of detective fiction in the midcentury.