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The picturesque prison : Evelyn Waugh and his writing /
This study of the life and works of Evelyn Waugh traces the novelist's pursuit of his vocation and his long retreat from a world which he came to regard as a spiritual dungeon. Jeffrey Heath explores the paradoxical elements in Waugh's career: his quest for a refuge itself proved to be a p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kingston, Ont. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1982.
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| Colección: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study of the life and works of Evelyn Waugh traces the novelist's pursuit of his vocation and his long retreat from a world which he came to regard as a spiritual dungeon. Jeffrey Heath explores the paradoxical elements in Waugh's career: his quest for a refuge itself proved to be a prison and his devotion to the Augustan graces was accompanied by a lasting attraction to a Dionysiac age without restratint. The deep cleft in Waugh's nature imbued his art with the characteristic quirky complexity which has fascinated many readers, but it left him a choleric and melancholy man who never fully accepted his calling as a writer. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 334 pages) : portrait |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773560888 0773560882 1282850644 9781282850644 9786612850646 6612850647 |