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Author:

Colón, Christine A., 1968- author.

Title:

Writing for the Masses : Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian literary tradition / Christine A. Colón.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

vi, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sayers, Dorothy L.--(Dorothy Leigh),--1893-1957--Criticism and interpretation.
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Christianity in literature.
Women in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Dorothy L. Sayers as a middlebrow writer -- Part I: Crafting a literary tradition through charitable reading -- Reading the past: Sayers vs. the Leavises -- Defending Tennyson: Sayers's art of charitable reading -- Part II: Balancing craft and expectation in detective fiction -- Establishing the genre: popular or literary? -- Resisting closure: The Nine Tailors, The Moonstone, and Bleak House -- Refining characterization: The Nine Tailors and The Woman in White -- Part III. Transforming modern society as a "Victorian Sage"-- Navigating the sage tradition: Begin Here and the challenges of World War II -- Grappling with Christian truth: The Man Born to be King and questions of belief -- Conclusion.

Series:

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 46

ISBN:

1138093912
9781138093911

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1007081250

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)