Witchcraft and paganism in midcentury women's detective fiction

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 M...

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Main Author: Bloomfield, Jem (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Series/Journal:Cambridge elements. Elements in magic
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Writer / Crime novel / Witchcraft (Motif) / Paganism (Motif) / History 1930-1980
Further subjects:B Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism
B English fiction Women authors History and criticism
B Paganism in literature
B English fiction History and cricitism 20th century
B Witchcraft in literature
B Detective and mystery stories, English
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