Comments on: Second Glance: Dorothy Sayers and the Last Golden Age

By: Celia

Celia — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:35:15 +0000

I just stumbled across this fascinating reading of Dorothy Sayers life in relation to her writing. I have long appreciated her combined sense, wit, wisdom, humor, and theological insight. Your essay illuminates the wellspring of her character and begs for readers to enact its title—a second glance at both Sayers herself and at your essay. Thank you for writing such stimulating material for further reflection upon Sayers and her significance.

By: Anne Lee

Anne Lee — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:01:40 +0000

This piece refreshingly grounds Sayers’ Wimsey novels in the period between “Great War” and the outbreak of World War II–something certainly not all scholars of English literature are wont to do! Sayers understands and captures the period for several strata among the upper echelons of society, and Ms. Scutts has carefully portrayed this aspect of the Lord Peter mysteries. Perhaps needless to say, she has been equally insightful about the mysteries themselves. I have enjoyed this review immensely, and am delighted to have come across it. Many thanks to both author and publisher.

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Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:57:41 +0000

[...] early days of Open Letters Monthly (August 2007, to be precise), Joanna Scutts wrote a very nice feature essay on Dorothy Sayers that’s well worth reading. Posted in Dorothy Sayers Cancel [...]

By: Meredith Whitford

Meredith Whitford — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:42:07 +0000

An excellent, insightful article.

By: olm-admin

olm-admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:31:04 +0000

Hi Victoria,
This piece was in our August 2007 issue (we also included it in our print anthology, since we also think quite highly of it).
Thanks for reading,
-The Editors

By: Victoria Reesor

Victoria Reesor — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:53:47 +0000

A scholarly yet accessible commentary and analysis worthy of Sayers herself. I never get tired of reading Sayers’ work, and quality “meta-Sayers” work such as this holds almost as strong an appeal for me. Thank you, Ms. Scutts. I only wish the post was dated because I don’t know if it’s new new or old as the hills. Can anyone tell me when this was written?