tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7881943555294332994..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Dorothy Sayers and the Wars of the Enclitics (2)Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-12440067510828213622020-06-20T16:54:46.941+01:002020-06-20T16:54:46.941+01:00Re: adaptations, it is amazing how bad they are th...Re: adaptations, it is amazing how bad they are these days, and it hurts because I used to look forward to BBC and Granada adaptations. But fortunately, the music and cinematography makes me want to turn them off right away, even before they get going. Still, Kenneth Branagh's Poirot was just horrible, and his Artemis Fowl is allegedly the worst adaptation of _anything_, to the point that Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-91652399238001354722020-06-20T16:36:46.960+01:002020-06-20T16:36:46.960+01:00Murder Must Advertise is awesome! And if you'v...Murder Must Advertise is awesome! And if you've ever worked in advertising or marketing, it is twice as awesome! But it's also a nice picture of how offices work, even if the specific customs are no longer the same.<br /><br />The really nice thing is how the imagery and motifs perfectly blend into theme, plot, characters, and the solution of the mystery, while also being full of interestBansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-48646315720846230612020-06-20T16:29:46.891+01:002020-06-20T16:29:46.891+01:00Sayers is my favorite of all time, but how can you...Sayers is my favorite of all time, but how can you say that Christie isn't intellectual, or doesn't teach a lot about human nature? Her characters aren't cardboard; I run into them every day! And she did the terrible thing of using experimental fiction formats, in order to make them work for a living.<br /><br />If you think Agatha Christie was lazy, just try to duplicate her work.<brBansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-56213714863501180432020-06-08T21:43:01.553+01:002020-06-08T21:43:01.553+01:00And Edmund Crispin of S. John'sAnd Edmund Crispin of S. John'sOliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-14823391009573439122020-06-07T19:11:37.213+01:002020-06-07T19:11:37.213+01:00The Particles! I remember coming across this book ...The <i>Particles</i>! I remember coming across this book in my college (university) library. I sat right down then and there on the floor in the midst of the stacks, and I did not get up, except to rearrange my legs, for several hours. If this book were more widely known and appreciated as it ought to be, there would no doubt be a general reformation of manners.Animadversorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415564362756791710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-70665997805024128402020-06-07T14:47:21.797+01:002020-06-07T14:47:21.797+01:00Thomas F. Miller: As far as the detective novels a...Thomas F. Miller: As far as the detective novels are concerned, I'd start with <i>Strong Poison</i>, partly because it's one of her better plots, but also because it introduces the lady who becomes a major character in the following books. Most of the others are fine (<i>Murder Must Advertise</i> is a personal favourite, but it's very...English), but I'd avoid <i>Five Red Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84488675298194364022020-06-07T08:45:41.474+01:002020-06-07T08:45:41.474+01:00Dorothy Sayers introduced me to Dante.(At Universi...Dorothy Sayers introduced me to Dante.(At University in the 80's I was told always to use the first name and surname of a female author.) One day in a second-hand bookshop a blue-bordered paperback caught my eye. It was Sayers' translation of Purgatory for Penguin Classics.Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-376948461668551012020-06-07T01:01:38.188+01:002020-06-07T01:01:38.188+01:00what sequence of readings would you recommend for ...what sequence of readings would you recommend for someone coming new to Dorothy Sayers?Thomas F. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895369780532327753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-73033863121864201872020-06-06T21:22:12.632+01:002020-06-06T21:22:12.632+01:00While I can't altogether disagree with your as...While I can't altogether disagree with your assessment of Agatha Christie, she outsells Sayers, as she always has done, for one reason: her plotting is astoundingly good. I reread Sayers for her writing, her characterisation and her evocation of a time now far past (and, indeed, her wit and use of irony); but as a <i>detective</i> novelist, she can't compete with Christie. Her plotting Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22724945256305102702020-06-06T18:19:41.692+01:002020-06-06T18:19:41.692+01:00"adaptations are devised by non-Christian sub..."adaptations are devised by non-Christian subliterates with the motive of excising anything which lies outside their own poverty zones." Ouch! That'll leave a mark.T. Leo Rugienshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344794839915286795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-40570944584664515322020-06-06T17:21:23.567+01:002020-06-06T17:21:23.567+01:00I am surprised by your comments regarding Agatha C...I am surprised by your comments regarding Agatha Christie. I do not actually read her, but the Joan Hickson Miss Marple, and the 1970s film Murder on the Orient Express were marvelous! armyartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621738173563972139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-41402750597981113882020-06-06T16:13:02.188+01:002020-06-06T16:13:02.188+01:00Dorothy L. Sayers taught my grandmother at Hull Hi...Dorothy L. Sayers taught my grandmother at Hull High School for Girls during the Great War. I'm afraid my view of Sayers has always been coloured by my grandmother's comments about her. I recently read Sayers's correspondence from this period and it seems that the sentiment was mutual !william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.com