THE GOVERNESS AND THE SPINSTER | Casual Criticism Ep. 01
Channel: A Lovely Jaunt
Date: 2023-10-08

Welcome to casual criticism! In this video, I share some of the ideas I had after finishing the Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie. What makes cozy mystery cozy? What is the relationship to Freud’s essay on fear: The Uncanny? And how do governesses in gothic fiction hold a similar space as spinsters in mystery?

Agatha Christie Podcast Episode:
https://youtu.be/ALcsfwIA3BI

Essential Reading:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4619330?searchText=MissMarple
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Freud_Uncanny.pdf

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