Evelyn Waugh And His World
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Jacket: Very good
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Few British writers of the twentieth century have inspired as much fascination, controversy, and devoted readership as Evelyn Waugh — and Evelyn Waugh and His World, edited by David Pryce-Jones, presents an intimate and richly illustrated portrait of the man behind the masterworks, drawing together a constellation of essayists, critics, and contemporaries to illuminate the life, milieu, and literary legacy of one of England's most brilliantly caustic satirists. From the gilded drawing rooms of the Bright Young Things to the battlefields of the Second World War, from the halls of Oxford to the melancholic seclusion of his Gloucestershire estate, the collection chronicles Waugh's restless journey through a rapidly transforming Britain, mapping the social and spiritual landscapes that gave rise to such enduring works as Decline and Fall, Brideshead Revisited, and Sword of Honour. A work of genuine literary and biographical significance, the anthology gathers contributions that examine Waugh's sharp wit, his devout Catholicism, his complex friendships, and his often prickly public persona with both scholarly rigour and personal warmth. Pryce-Jones, himself a distinguished man of letters, curates these voices with careful editorial intelligence, allowing each perspective to build upon the last to form a multifaceted and deeply human portrait. For readers who believe they already know Evelyn Waugh, this volume will almost certainly reveal a man far more contradictory, vulnerable, and compelling than the legend alone suggests.
Author: David Pryce-Jones
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few British writers of the twentieth century have inspired as much fascination, controversy, and devoted readership as Evelyn Waugh — and Evelyn Waugh and His World, edited by David Pryce-Jones, presents an intimate and richly illustrated portrait of the man behind the masterworks, drawing together a constellation of essayists, critics, and contemporaries to illuminate the life, milieu, and literary legacy of one of England's most brilliantly caustic satirists. From the gilded drawing rooms of the Bright Young Things to the battlefields of the Second World War, from the halls of Oxford to the melancholic seclusion of his Gloucestershire estate, the collection chronicles Waugh's restless journey through a rapidly transforming Britain, mapping the social and spiritual landscapes that gave rise to such enduring works as Decline and Fall, Brideshead Revisited, and Sword of Honour. A work of genuine literary and biographical significance, the anthology gathers contributions that examine Waugh's sharp wit, his devout Catholicism, his complex friendships, and his often prickly public persona with both scholarly rigour and personal warmth. Pryce-Jones, himself a distinguished man of letters, curates these voices with careful editorial intelligence, allowing each perspective to build upon the last to form a multifaceted and deeply human portrait. For readers who believe they already know Evelyn Waugh, this volume will almost certainly reveal a man far more contradictory, vulnerable, and compelling than the legend alone suggests.