1st Edition

Agatha Christie and Gothic Horror Adaptations and Televisuality

By Stuart Richards Copyright 2024
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Agatha Christie’s work has been adapted extensively resulting in transformations that are both textual and cultural. While many adaptations are best known for being quaint murder mysteries, there are many adaptations of her work that draw on horror aesthetics. This book will look at how the growth of Agatha Christie adaptations have grown increasingly darker. Of key relevance to this study is the... Read more
Introduction: Dark Moods and Deadly Puzzles, Chapter 1: And Then There Were None and Fantastic Horror, Chapter 2: Ordeal by Innocence and The Uncanny, Chapter 3: The Pale Horse and Folk Horror, Chapter 4: The Detective's Psyche in Witness for the Prosecution and The ABC Murders, Conclusion: Agnus Dei

Biography

Stuart is a senior lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of South Australia. His first monograph, The Queer Film Festival: Popcorn and Politics, is published as part of Palgrave Macmillan’s ‘Framing Film Festivals’ series, which looks at the queer film festival as a social enterprise and its growth in the creative industries. His research has been published in journals, such as Senses of Cinema, New Review of Film and Television, Media International Australia and Studies in Australasian Cinema. He is an associate director of the Creative People, Products and Places (CP3) Research Centre.