Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey

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.

Author: Robert Kuhn McGregor
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 10/30/2000
Pages: 268
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781606353004