The Picturesque Prison : Evelyn Waugh and His Writing Hardback
by Jeffrey Heath
Hardback
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:334 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:01/01/1983
- ISBN:9780773503779
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:334 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:01/01/1983
- ISBN:9780773503779