In honor of the 100th anniversary of Dorothy L. Sayers' birth, Dale has gathered today's finest and most popular mystery writers to discuss the ways in which Sayers taught them their trade and the manner in which she viewed the mystery as a morality play. Contributors include Amanda Cross, Catherine Aird, Michael Gilbert, Carolyn G. Hart, Sharyn McCrumb, Aaron Elkins, and H.R.F. Keating.
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Fourteen essays by a virtual British and American Who's Who in the mystery field bear witness to English doyenne Sayers's influence on the genre even after her death in 1957. Academics Carolyn G. Heilbrun (aka Amanda Cross) and Sharyn McCrumb (who also writes mysteries) are among the notables united here in praise of this remarkable woman's career. H.R.F. Keating and Ian Stuart object to what they see as Sayers's wordy, affected style and inability to create a realistic milieu, but most of the contributors agree that she earned a singular status in crime literature. British author Michael Gilbert remembers her as the friend who initiated him into the prestigious Detective Club, which she helped to found. Others portray her as a pioneering feminist fighting male dominance at Oxford; the innovative author of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories, first published in 1920 and still popular; a playwright on religious themes; and translator of Dante's Inferno . Dale, who chronicled Sayers's life in Maker and Craftsman , provides a biographical sketch and bibliography, as well as an essay on the final, unfinished Wimsey mystery.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Now, even with the relative wealth of material available for readers of Sayers's works (which was not always so readily accessible), this collection provides an uncommon opportunity to "listen in" on reminiscences of Sayers, erudite discussions of her work, descriptions of her biographies, and even a diatribe against elitism in her mystery fiction. The celebratory essays are written by such literary lights as Amanda Cross, Aaron Elkin, H.R.F. Keating, and Carolyn G. Hart. All phases of Sayers's writing career are covered, including a fascinating examination of her translation of The Divine Comedy by Catherine Kenney. A brief biography and a selected bibliography round out the work. All public libraries will want to purchase this most enjoyable Festschrift. Academic libraries collecting criticism in genre fiction or women's literature will find it useful as well.
- Denise Johnson, Bradley Univ. Lib., Peoria, Ill.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Denise Johnson, Bradley Univ. Lib., Peoria, Ill.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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