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  • Campbell, Sue Ellen, "The Detective Heroine and the Death of Her Hero: From Dorothy Sayers to P. D. James," Modern Fiction Studies 29, No. 3 (Autumn 1983): 497-510. (Discusses the development of the detective heroine in the work of P. D. James and Dorothy Sayers.)
  • Cooper-Clark, Diana, "Interview with P. D. James," Designs of Darkness. (Discusses with P. D. James the genre of detective fiction, the themes in her work, and her approach to writing.)
  • D'Erasmo, Stacey, Review of Devices and Desires, Village Voice Literary Supplement, No. 84 (April 1990): 10. (Presents the main questions James presents in Devices and Desires.)
  • Ericson, Carl E., Review of A Taste for Death, Theology Today XLIV, No. 4 (January 1988): 550, 552, 554-55. (Asserts that P. D. James's A Taste for Death addresses theological issues about faith and experiencing God.)
  • Finn, Molly, "Not Tonight, We Have a Headache," Commonweal CXX, No. 8 (23 April 1993): 26-7. (Complains that "The framework of [The Children of Men], all too plain to see, is never richly clothed; the numerous characters wander over a skillfully depicted landscape like so many sticks.")
  • Foster, Catherine, "Taut and Terrifying Mystery," Christian Science Monitor (26 February 1990): 12. (Praises James's Devices and Desires as "a taut and sometimes terrifying good read.")
  • Gidez, Richard B., "P. D. James and the English Classic Mystery," in his P. D. James, pp. 1-14. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. (Provides an overview of James's life and career.)
  • Gidez, Richard B., "Selected Bibliography," in his P. D. James, pp. 148-51. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. (Contains a listing of sources by and about P. D. James.)
  • Heffner, Carla, "Tea and Perfidy," Washington Post (30 April 1980): E1, E13. (Asserts that James's Innocent Blood moves away from the detective novels for which James is known.)
  • Joyner, Nancy Carol, "P. D. James," in 10 Women of Mystery, edited by Earl F. Bargainnier, pp. 106-23. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Press, 1981. (Analyzes the setting, themes, and characterization present in James's work.)
  • Phillips, Barbara, "Uneasy Mix of Style, Suspense," Christian Science Monitor (25 June 1980): 17. (Asserts that James's attempt at "serious fiction" with Innocent Blood is not successful due to its intrusive descriptive passages and static characters.)
  • Porter, Dennis, "Detection and Ethics: The Case of P. D. James," in The Sleuth and the Scholar: Origins, Evolution, and Current Trends in Detective Fiction, edited by Barbara A. Rader and Howard G. Zettler, pp. 11-18. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. (States that James's "tales of violence and murder are nothing if not didactic; P. D. James has morally improving designs on her public.")
  • Reading, Peter, "Terminal Themes," Times Literary Supplement, No. 4669 (25 September 1992): 26. (Lauds James's The Children of Men for exhibiting the same well-paced plot and convincing depiction of character and setting which make her crime stories exciting.)
  • Ross, Michele, "Dalgliesh Takes on a Publishing House," Christian Science Monitor (23 February 1995): B3. (Praises James's characterization and clarity of writing in Original Sin.)
  • Rubin, Merle, "The Harsh and Somber World of P. D. James," Christian Science Monitor (31 October 1986): 23-4. (Calls James "a kind of 19th-century realist, committed to the painstaking representation of the texture of daily life and the peculiarity and uniqueness of each individual character.")
  • Rye, Marilyn, "P. D. James," Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary, edited by Kathleen Gregory Klein, pp. 167-70. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. (Presents a brief overview of James's life and work.)
  • Salwak, Dale, "An Interview with P. D. James," Clues: A Journal of Detection 6, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 1985): 31-50. (Discusses with P. D James her writing, the crime genre, and influences on her work.)
  • Siebenheller, Norma, "Bibliography," in her P. D. James, pp. 145-49. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1981. (Contains a listing of sources by and about P. D. James.)
  • Wood, Ralph C., "Rapidly Rises the Morning Tide: An Essay on P. D. James's The Children of Men," Theology Today 51, No. 2 (July 1994): 277-88. (Discusses the Christian vision of James's The Children of Men and calls it "the most provocative novel I have read in many years.")

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