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1. 1 online resource (66 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Summary

1. 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.

Series statement

1. Cambridge elements. Elements in magic, 2732-4087

Uniform title

1. Witchcraft and paganism in midcentury women's detective fiction (Online)
2. Cambridge elements. Elements in magic

Alternative title

1. Witchcraft and paganism in midcentury women's detective fiction (Online)

Subject

1. Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism
2. English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
3. English fiction > 20th century > History and cricitism
4. Witchcraft in literature
5. Paganism in literature
6. Detective and mystery stories, English

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1. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jun 2022).

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Author

1. Bloomfield, Jem.

Title

1. Witchcraft and paganism in midcentury women's detective fiction [electronic resource] / Jem Bloomfield.

Imprint

1. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Series

1. Cambridge elements. Elements in magic, 2732-4087
2. Cambridge elements. Elements in magic, 2732-4087.

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1. Access restricted to authorized users.

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2. Available onsite at NYPL

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1. Print version: 9781009073998