Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds
Using her access to Dorothy L. Sayers' papers and photographs, many of which have never been seen, and her own memories of her subject, Barbara Reynolds has written the most readable and the most definitive biogrpahy to date of this fascinating woman.
Biographies of Dorothy Sayers have been published already, but this is the most authoritative by far* Penelope Fitzgerald, Observer *
This well written, beautifully organised and perceptive biography brings both the woman and writer alive for me as no previous study. * P.D. James *
A tinglingly vivid portrait of a brilliant, quirky, combative, energetic, comical and fascinating woman...suberb biography. * Piers Brendon, Daily Mail *
The achievement of this lucid and absorbing biography is to ake you wish you had known a woman who could inspire bishops in a dozen languages and giggle like a girl. * Frances Fyfield, Sunday Express *
Barbara Reynolds' achievement is to make us not only admire but like this astonishing woman. * Jenny Uglow, Independent on Sunday *
This well written, beautifully organised and perceptive biography brings both the woman and writer alive for me as no previous study. * P.D. James *
A tinglingly vivid portrait of a brilliant, quirky, combative, energetic, comical and fascinating woman...suberb biography. * Piers Brendon, Daily Mail *
The achievement of this lucid and absorbing biography is to ake you wish you had known a woman who could inspire bishops in a dozen languages and giggle like a girl. * Frances Fyfield, Sunday Express *
Barbara Reynolds' achievement is to make us not only admire but like this astonishing woman. * Jenny Uglow, Independent on Sunday *
An Italian scholar and translator, Barbara Reynolds completed the translation of Dante's Divine Comedy which Dorothy L. Sayers left unfinished when she died. Dr Reynolds has told the story of this collaboration in The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers' Encounter with Dante. She has also translated Dante's La Vita Nuova and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, and was the general editor of The Cambridge Italian Dictionary. More recently, Dr Reynolds founded the journal Seven, to which she has contributed articles on Dorothy L. Sayers. She is the President of the Dorothy L. Sayers Society, and has frequently lectured at the society's conferences. She is currently working on an edition of the Sayers letters, of which the first three volumes have now appeared.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340728451 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340728450 |
| Title | Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul |
| Author | Barbara Reynolds |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2002-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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