Evelyn Waugh: A Literary Life

by David Wykes

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333611381
• ISBN13: 9780333611388
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"