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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heath, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1982.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 1. Vocation
  • 2. God and Taste
  • 3. The Artist
  • 4. The Man and the Critics
  • 5. Decline and Fall
  • 6. Vile Bodies
  • 7. Black Mischief
  • 8. A Handful of Dust
  • 9. Scoop
  • 10. Work Suspended
  • 11. Put Our More Flags
  • 12. Brideshead Revisited
  • 13. Scott-King's Modern Europe
  • 14. The Loved One
  • 15. Helena
  • 16. Love Among the Ruins
  • 17. The War Trilogy: Introduction
  • 18. Men at Arms
  • 19. Officers and Gentlemen
  • 20. Unconditional Surrender
  • 21. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
  • 22. Epilogue
  • TEXTUAL NOTE
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.