
Research
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Autobiography
Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time, vol. 5
Note: this volume contains two autobiographical narratives, unpublished in Sayers’s lifetime
Biography
Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds (1997)
Dorothy L. Sayers: A Literary Biography by Ralph Hone (1979)
“A Dorothy L. Sayers Primer” by Lindsey Scholl (2018)
“The Remarkable Dorothy L. Sayers” by Lindsey Scholl (2018)
Dante and the Divine Comedy
Introductory Papers on Dante by Dorothy L. Sayers (collected essays)
Further Papers on Dante: His Heir and His Ancestors by Dorothy L. Sayers (collected essays)
The Poetry of Search and Statement: On Dante and Other Writers by Dorothy L. Sayers (collected essays)
Hell, trans. by Dorothy L. Sayers (1950)
see also “Hell” on the Dorothy L. Sayers Podcast
Purgatory, trans. by Dorothy L. Sayers (1955)
see also “Purgatory” on the Dorothy L. Sayers Podcast
Paradise, trans. by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds (1962)
see also “Heaven” on the Dorothy L. Sayers Podcast
The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers Encounter with Dante by Barbara Reynolds (1989)
The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams by R.H. Gibson (forthcoming)
G.K. Chesterton
“Well Met: Common Sense and Humor in the Friendship of G. K. Chesterton and Dorothy L. Sayers” by Barbara Prescott (2016)
Letters
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist, vol. 1, ed. by Barbara Reynolds (1996)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright, vol. 2, ed. by Barbara Reynolds (1997)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1944-1953: A Noble Daring, vol. 3, (1997)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1954-1957: In the Midst of Life, Vol. 4, ed. by Barbara Reynolds (2000)
Lewis, C.S.
“C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers: A Feisty Friendship” (Wade Center Video, 2019)
Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis by Gina Dalfonzo (2020)
See also Interview with Gina Dalfonzo on the Dorothy L. Sayers Podcast
“The Rhetoric of Lewis and Sayers” by Jim Beitler, Wade Center Podcast
Medievalism
“Angelic Work: The Medieval Sensibilities of Dorothy L. Sayers” by Crystal Downing (2013)
“The Medievalism of Dorothy L. Sayers” (Medieval Studies Research Blog, 2023)
Poetry
“Allegorical Reference to Oxford University through Classical Myth in the Early Poetry of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Reading of “Alma Mater” from OP.I.” by Barbara Prescott (2018)
Catholic Tales and Christian Songs by Dorothy L. Sayers
Poetry of Dorothy L. Sayers, ed. by Ralph Hone (1996)
“Literary Images of Christ as Hero in the Poetry of Catholic Tales by Dorothy L. Sayers: The Influence of English and French Romanticism” by Barbara Prescott (2019)
Sin
“The Other Six Deadly Sins” by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Seven Deadly Sins In the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers by Janice Brown (1998)
See also Interview with Janice Brown on the Dorothy L. Sayers Podcast
Trinity, The
The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers
Women
Are Women Human? by Dorothy L. Sayers
See also “Are Women Human?” on the Dorothy L Sayers Podcast
The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton (2019)
Writing
Season 4 of the Dorothy L. Sayers Podcast
Writing Performances by Crystal Downing (2004)
Writing for the Masses: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian Literary Tradition by Christine Colon (2018)