The Picturesque Prison
Author | : Jeffrey M. Heath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1982 |
ISBN-10 | : 0783711565 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780783711560 |
Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Picturesque Prison written by Jeffrey M. Heath and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.