Essays about: "Gaudy Night"

Found 2 essays containing the words Gaudy Night.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. 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