Conundrums for the Long Week-End,9780873386654

Conundrums for the Long Week-End

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ISBN13: 9780873386654
ISBN10: 0873386655
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Kent State Univ Pr
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Summary

Lord Peter Wimsey -- amateur detective, man of fashion, talented musician, and wealthy intellectual -- is known to legions of readers. His enduring presence and popularity is a tribute to his creator, Dorothy L. Sayers, who brought Lord Peter to life during "the long week-end" between the First and Second World Wars, as British aristocracy began to change, making way for a modern world.

In Conundrums for the Long Week-End, Robert McGregor and Ethan Lewis explore how Sayers used her fictional hero to comment on, and come to terms with, the social upheaval of the time: world wars, the crumbling of the privileged aristocracy, the rise of democracy, and the expanding struggle of women for equality. A reflection of the age, Lord Peter's character changed tremendously, mirroring the developing subtleties of his creator's evolving worldview.

Scholars of the Modern Age, fans of the mystery genre, and admirers of Sayer's fiction are sure to appreciate McGregor and Lewis's incisive examination of the literary, social, and historical context of this prized author's mo

Author Biography

Ethan Lewis teaches in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: England, Sayers, and Lord Peter 1(8)
Lord Peter Begins a Career
9(32)
Lord Peter Discovers the Possibilities
41(40)
Lord Peter Acquires a Soul
81(37)
Lord Peter Displays His Range
118(37)
Lord Peter Achieves a Balance
155(37)
Lord Peter and the Long Week-End
192(19)
Appendix A: Coordinated Timeline 211(6)
Appendix B: On Sayers and the Sonnet 217(6)
Notes 223(18)
Bibliography 241(10)
Index 251

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