Who invented the 鈥淲hodunit鈥�?
Uncover the perpetrators behind our love for a murder mystery.
It was the vicar that did it! In the billiards room! With a candlestick!
To many fans of a murder mystery, this is perhaps a familiar sounding phrase from a classic 鈥渨hodunit鈥�. But just how did this endlessly popular genre come to be?
Alice Loxton and Ben Henderson leaf back through the pages of history to uncover just where 鈥渨hodunits鈥� came from, who invented them, and how they鈥檝e endured centuries of changing tastes.
They will discuss multiple lines of inquiry; from our historical appetite for the gruesome and thrilling; to Arthur Conan Doyle; Agatha Christie; and even the impact of the World Wars.
Key Sources:
Agatha Christie: A Very Short Introduction - Professor Gill Plain.
The TV Crime Drama - Professor Sue Turnbull.
Forever England: Femininity, Literature, and Conservatism Between the Wars - Alison Light.
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen - 麻豆社 / Lucy Worsley.
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