Writing Performances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers

by Crystal Downing

Book Overview

After Dorothy L. Sayers became famous for her fictional sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, she began investigating the mysteries of Anglo-Catholic Christianity, writing plays for both stage and radio. However, because her modernist contemporaries disdained both best-sellers and religious fiction, Sayers has been largely overlooked by the academy. Writing Performances is the first work to position Sayers' diverse writings within the critical climate of high...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349732486
• ISBN13: 9781349732487
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"