Crossing the Genre Divide: Women and Ethics in the Detective Novels of Dorothy L. Sayers.

Dorothy L. Sayers used the Harriet Vane character to explore themes that are more characteristic of the mainstream novel than the detective fiction of the Golden Age. Focus is on the four Lord Peter Wimsey novels featuring Harriet Vane that address the role of women in society, and intellectual inte...

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Publicado en:Theory in Action Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 96 - 107
Autor principal: Remilien, Suzie
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Publicado: Transformative Studies Institute January 2010
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Sumario:Dorothy L. Sayers used the Harriet Vane character to explore themes that are more characteristic of the mainstream novel than the detective fiction of the Golden Age. Focus is on the four Lord Peter Wimsey novels featuring Harriet Vane that address the role of women in society, and intellectual integrity, to outline Sayers' shift from detective fiction to the mainstream novel. [Article copies available for a fee from The Transformative Studies Institute. E-mail address: jour-nal@transformativestudies. org Website: http://www.transfromativestudies.org ©2010 by The Transformative Studies Institute. All rights reserved.]