God and the little grey cells: religion in Agatha Christie's Poirot stories
Golden age crime fiction and Agatha Christie -- Christianity in England and Agatha Christie -- Death on the Nile -- Evil under the sun -- The Prodigal Son -- Poirot's religious identity, part 1 : background and nine themes -- Poirot's religious identity, part 2 : "The chocolate box&qu...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
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2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Further subjects: | B
Detective and mystery stories, English
History and criticism
B Religion in literature B Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) B Christie, Agatha (1890-1976) Criticism and interpretation B Christie, Agatha (1890-1976) Religion |
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| Summary: | Golden age crime fiction and Agatha Christie -- Christianity in England and Agatha Christie -- Death on the Nile -- Evil under the sun -- The Prodigal Son -- Poirot's religious identity, part 1 : background and nine themes -- Poirot's religious identity, part 2 : "The chocolate box" and Taken at the flood -- Murder on the Orient Express -- The A.B.C. murders -- Curtain -- A Christian "Cult" -- Spiritualism -- Jews and Judaism -- Muslims and Islam. "Dan W. Clanton examines the presence and use of religion and Bible in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and stories and their later interpretations. Clanton begins with a brief biography of Christie and her own religious identity before discussing the background(s) to Poirot's own Belgian Catholicism in the late 19th-early 20th century. He then examines the ways in which Bible is used in the novels as well as the ways in which Poirot understands God and evil to be at work in the world"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0567696073 |