Essays about: "Dorothy Sayers"

Found 5 essays containing the words Dorothy Sayers.

  1. 1. The Spinster Detective - A comparison between Maisie Dobbs and the women detectives of the Golden Age

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Linn Style; [2012]
    Keywords : Spinster Detectives; The Golden Age of Detective Fiction; The Golden Age; Detective Fiction; Women Detectives; Jacqueline Winspear; Maisie Dobbs; Agatha Christie; Miss Marple; Dorothy L. Sayers; Miss Climpson; Languages and Literatures;

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  3. 2. Dorothy L. Sayers´s Murder Must Advertise vs. the Adapted Murder Must Advertise : Transformation in the Name of Adaptation

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Sara Sjöberg; [2009]
    Keywords : Adaptation; adapted novel; Murder Must Advertise and Dorothy L. Sayers.;

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  4. 3. A "Toy-Box History" or "Rivers of Knowledge" : A Study of Female Intellectuality in George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Mette Sjölin; [2008]
    Keywords : Eliot; George; Sayers; Dorothy L.; Victorian novels; viktorianska romaner; detective novels; detektivromaner; intellectuality; women; fiction; intellektualitet; kvinnor; fiktion; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine in what ways fiction is used as a forum for discussing female intellectuality in George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night. READ MORE

  5. 4. Genre Conventions and Plot Structure in Dorothy L. Sayers' "Strong Poison"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Veronica Andersson; [2006]
    Keywords : Sayers; Dorothy L.; Strong Poison; plot structure; detective genre conventions; detective and mystery stories; kriminallitteratur; Oskuld och arsenik; litteraturanalys; berättarteknik; English literature; Engelsk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

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  6. 5. Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night From a Class and Gender Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Veronika Sjöholm; [2006]
    Keywords : Sayers; Dorothy; women in literature; kvinnan i litteraturen; Oxford university in literature; class and gender; klass och kön; Gaudy Night; detective novels; detektivberättelser; English literature; Engelsk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : I first became intrigued by the English detective writer Dorothy Sayers' (1893-1957) impressive life and career, early female graduate from Oxford and the woman behind one of the best British translations of Dante's Divine Comedy (1949-62). When I started reading her detective novels I found a richness in both characterization and plot that impressed me. READ MORE