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Evelyn Waugh

A Literary Life

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. David Wykes

    1. Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA

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Part of the book series: Literary Lives (LL)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Three Annotated Epigraphs

    • David Wykes
    Pages 1-2

  3. Introduction Fiction, Autobiography, History

    • David Wykes
    Pages 3-10

  4. Second Son: 1903–24

    • David Wykes
    Pages 11-37

  5. Pain as is Seldom Seen in Men: 1924–30

    • David Wykes
    Pages 38-73

  6. Something of the Crusader’s Zeal: 1930–39

    • David Wykes
    Pages 74-122

  7. A Legitimate Contribution to the War Effort: 1939–51

    • David Wykes
    Pages 123-164

  8. Small Acts to Redeem the Times: 1951–66

    • David Wykes
    Pages 165-211

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 212-224
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About this book

Waugh's life and his literary life exist in fascinating, dynamic relationship. Virtually all of his fiction was autobiographical, yet he maintained that his novels were 'objects', unrelated to the life of their author. This study traces the shifting relationship of ascertainable fact and imaginative fiction throughout Waugh's career, focusing on the endless negotiation he conducted between life and art, and on why, from being author of the anarchic, hilarious Decline and Fall , he transformed himself into the author of the romantic, eschatological Brideshead Revisited .

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...this volume is the most accessible guide to a writer who still finds plenty of 'general' as well as academic readers. Choice

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA

    David Wykes

About the author

David Wykes is Professor of English at Dartmouth College.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evelyn Waugh

  • Book Subtitle: A Literary Life

  • Authors: David Wykes

  • Series Title: Literary Lives

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27634-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22508-7Published: 28 October 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-61138-8Published: 19 July 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-27634-9Published: 27 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2037

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2045

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 224

  • Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature

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