The Seven Deadly Sins in the Work of Dorothy L. Sayers (Asce Manuals and Reports on)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873386051 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 345 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Janice Brown examines Sayer's major works, beginning with her early poetry and moving through her works of fiction to the dramas, essays, and lectures written in the last years of her life. She also considers the relationship between Sayers's spiritual life and her work and traces Lord Peter Wimsey's change from worldliness to something approaching Christianity.. She illustrates how Sayers used popular genres to teach about sin and redemption, how she redefined the Seven Deadly Sins for the twentieth century, why she stopped writing mysteries, and her application of the concepts of sin and redemption to society as a whole
Sayer's work while a student at Memorial University of Newfoundland. . Brown began her study of Dorothy L
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Recommended where there is a strong interest in Sayers or Christian writings.?Denise Johnson, Bradley Univ. Lewis, J.R.R. The daughter of a clergymen, Sayers had a lifelong intellectual and emotional passion for Christian theology. Lib., Peoria, ILCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Fans of Lord Peter Wimsey may find this book of limited interest, but readers interested in Christian theology will likely find it fascinating. . Brown (English, Grove City Coll.) relates Sayers's theology to her writing, both her detective fiction and her Christian pla