What are words?’
Symbolism and romance in Agatha Christie’s short stories ‘Within a Wall’, ‘The House of Dreams’ and ‘The Lonely God’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13005168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Beyer (0000-0002-2701-5443, University of Gloucestershire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-42 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-0701 • E-ISSN: 2043-071X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/fict_00012_1 |
| OpenAlex | W3109969856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article explores three of Agatha Christie’s early non-crime short stories written in the mid-1920s. I examine Christie’s use of symbolism and key motifs to explore the representation of relationships through the prism of romance. I argue that Christie’s short stories serve as a highly significant creative site for her investigation of the relationship between genre, subjectivity and symbolism
Agatha · Art · Literature · Representation (politics · Romance · Subjectivity · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |