TITLE:
The picturesque prison : Evelyn Waugh and his writing / Jeffrey Heath.
Publication Date:
1982
Publication Information:
Kingston, [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical Description:
xviii, 334 p. : 1 port.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780773503779
