Evelyn Waugh and the Problem of Evil
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Evelyn Waugh and the Problem of Evil

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Evelyn Waugh and the Problem of Evil

About this book

Originally published in 1991, this elegantly written book offers new readers a useful approach to the work of Evelyn Waugh and will persuade those familiar with it to look at it afresh. This introduction to Waugh's novels places them high in the catalogue of great fiction. It claims for them an intellectual coherence, subtlety and seriousness which Waugh's disconcerting comic gifts and extravagant public and writing persona have tended to put in the shade. In addressing the nature of Waugh's comic writing William Myers has borrowed George Bataille's concept of Evil as a convenient way of dealing with the most troubling and exciting aspects of Waugh's work: its sadism, its childish irresponsibility, its fascination with lunacy and death.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Dedication Page
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Preface
  10. Chapter One: Vorticists: Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies
  11. Chapter Two: Barbarians: Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust and Scoop
  12. Chapter Three: Arcadians: Work Suspended, Put Out More Flags and Brideshead Revisited
  13. Chapter Four: Exiles: Scott-King’s Modern Europe, the short stories, The Loved One, Helena and The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
  14. Chapter Five: Warriors: Sword of Honour (Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender)
  15. Bibliography
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. Index