Agatha Christie and shrewd Miss Maple
By: Peter Keating
Publisher: Priskus Books
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780992650735
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Jane Marple (Fictitious character)
Description: "Keating gives a positive account of Christie's literary aims, draws attention to her creative interest in Freud and Shakespeare, and offers some challenging new interpretations of individual novels. Miss Marple herself emerges with a revitalized image and, as a bonus, a few mysteries about her personality and her famous home village of St. Mary Mead are unexpectedly solved"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index.