Mike McCartney
Circulation Supervisor of Eldredge Library
B.A. Moravian University,
M.A. Middlebury College,
Studied at Oxford Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Award-winning former teacher
and department chair
Three Classes
1:30 – 3:30
February 24, March 3, 10
Mike will guide us through the history of The British Mystery Novel, one of literature’s most popular subgenres! We’ll look with particular care at the most popular of the so-called “Golden Age” characters, including Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Dorothy Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey, and Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. We’ll examine how the genre grew out of the Gothic Novel, what each author’s specific flair brought to the form, and why these novels continue to be so beloved today.