The seven deadly sins in the work of Dorothy L. Sayers

Title
  1. The seven deadly sins in the work of Dorothy L. Sayers / Janice Brown.
Published by
  1. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [1998], ©1998.
Author
  1. Brown, Janice, 1947-

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Description
  1. x, 345 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Janice Brown examines Sayer's major works, beginning with her early poetry and moving through her works of fiction to the dramas, essays, and lectures written in the last years of her life. She illustrates how Sayers used popular genres to teach about sin and redemption, how she redefined the Seven Deadly Sins for the twentieth century, why she stopped writing mysteries, and her application of the concepts of sin and redemption to society as a whole.
  2. She also considers the relationship between Sayers's spiritual life and her work and traces Lord Peter Wimsey's change from worldliness to something approaching Christianity.
Subject
  1. Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957 > Criticism and interpretation
  2. Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism
  3. Women and literature > England > History > 20th century
  4. Deadly sins in literature
  5. Sin in literature
Contents
  1. 1. Unpopular Opinions Find a Popular Voice -- 2. Why Seven? Why Deadly? The Development of a Religious and Literary Concept -- 3. The Shape of Sin: Sayers's Understanding of the Seven Deadly Sins -- 4. Trapped between Sin and the Cross: The Concept of Sin in Sayers's Early Poetry -- 5. All Have Sinned: The "Competent Delineation of Character" in the Early Novels -- 6. Deadly Serious: The "Serious Treatment of the Sins and Passions" in Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, and Gaudy Night -- 7. The Way to Heaven Is Paved with Interruptions: Busman's Honeymoon -- 8. Startling the World: Prewar Drama and Nonfiction, 1937-1939 -- 9. The Pattern of the Times and the Pattern of the Cross Drama and Nonfiction of the War Years, 1939-1945 -- 10. "Making Sense of the Universe": The Last Twelve Years, 1946-1957 -- 11. Courage and Convictions.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index.