Jeeves Takes Charge | Essays and Criticism

  • Influence on Film and Television of the Late Twentieth Century

    In the following essay, the author discusses the influence of P. G. Wodehouse’s ‘‘Jeeves and Wooster’’ stories on the film and television of the late twentieth century.

  • Butler, Dabbler, Spy: Jeeves to Wimsey to Bond

    In this essay the author compares the similarities of the characters of P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ian Fleming, and argues that there exists literary continuity from Wodehouse to Sayers to Fleming.

  • P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves: The Butler as Superman

    Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the superman—a self-created hero and a natural leader— influenced a number of British writers during the early twentieth century, most notably D. H. Lawrence and George Bernard Shaw. In the following essay, the author argues that Jeeves represents one of the best examples of the superman in popular literature.

  • Wodehouse at the Top of His Form

    In the following essay, the author recounts the long and successful career of Wodehouse and his most popular creations, the characters of Jeeves and Bertie.