Mundane or Menacing? "Nobodies" in the Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie

In the changing cultural perceptions of clerks, Agatha Christie moves from characterizing two-dimensional "nobodies" to developing menacingly anonymous super-criminals. In examining the position of the clerk within early-twentieth-century culture, the author offers a new class reading of C...

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Published inClues (Bowling Green, Ohio) Vol. 34; no. 1; p. 82
Main Author Bishop, Nicola
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jefferson McFarland & Company, Inc 01.04.2016
Subjects
British & Irish literature
Christie, Agatha (1890-1976)
Clerical personnel
English literature
Fiction
Novels
Social classes
White collar crime
Writers
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Summary:In the changing cultural perceptions of clerks, Agatha Christie moves from characterizing two-dimensional "nobodies" to developing menacingly anonymous super-criminals. In examining the position of the clerk within early-twentieth-century culture, the author offers a new class reading of Christie's middlebrow fiction.
ISSN:0742-4248
1940-3046