Agatha Christie Goes to War

Agatha Christie Goes to War is a 2019 book, edited by J.C. Bernthal and Rebecca Mills. It is a collection of ten essays on topics relating to Agatha Christie and war, primarily World War II.

Publisher's description
Agatha Christie has never been substantially considered as a war writer, even though war is a constant presence in her writing. This interdisciplinary collection of essays considers the effects of these conflicts on the social and psychological textures of Christie’s detective fiction and other writings, demonstrating not only Christie’s textual navigation of her contemporary surroundings and politics, but also the value of her voice as a popular fiction writer reflecting popular concerns. Agatha Christie Goes to War introduces the ‘Queen of Crime’ as an essential voice in the discussion of war, warfare, and twentieth century literature.

Essays

 * Mapping War, Planning Peace: Miss Marple and the Evolving Village Space, 1930-1962, by Sarah Martin and Sally West.
 * Christie’s Wartime Hero: Peacetime Killer, by Paula Bowles.
 * Writing Through War: Narrative Structure and Authority in Christie’s Second World War Novels, by Brittain Bright.
 * Taking on Hitler: Agatha Christie’s Wartime Thrillers, by Merja Makinen.
 * "When She Eats She Will Die": Informal Meals and Social Change in Sad Cypress and "And Then There Were None", by J.C. Bernthal.
 * "A Worrying, Nerve-Wracked World": Agatha Christie’s Emergence as a Playwright During and after the Second World War, by Julius Green.
 * "There are Things One Doesn’t Forget": The Second World War in "Three Blind Mice" and The Mousetrap, by Federica Crescentini.
 * Displaced Persons: A Murder is Announced and the Condition of Post-War England, by Christopher Yiannitsaros.
 * Detecting the Blitz: Trauma and Memory in Christie’s Post-War Writings, by Rebecca Mills.
 * "The Thrill When it Suddenly Went Pitch Black!": Blackout Cultures in A Murder is Announced and The Mousetrap, by Roger Dalrymple.