The Gentle Art of Murder

The Gentle Art of Murder
Author: Earl F. Bargainnier
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1980
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780879721596

This study of the technique of Agatha Christie's detective fiction--sixty-seven novels and over one hundred short stories--is the first extensive analysis of her accomplishment as a writer. Earl F. Bargannier demonstrates that Christie thoroughly understood the conventions of her genre and, with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity, was able to develop for more than fifty years surprising variations within those conventions.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 2338
Release: 1935
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-155 (March - December, 1934)

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 1052
Release: 1962
Genre: Copyright
ISBN:

Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)

Book Review Digest

Book Review Digest
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1200
Release: 1935
Genre: Bibliography
ISBN:

Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.

Screening the Dark Side of Love

Screening the Dark Side of Love
Author: Karen A. Ritzenhoff
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2012-10-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137096632

How can love be understood globally as a problematic transgression rather than the narrative of "happy endings" that Hollywood has offered? The contributors utilize varying methodologies of textual analysis, psychoanalytic models, and cultural critique and engage with a broad range of films to explore issues of gender identity and spectatorship.