Questions tagged [evelyn-waugh]
Questions about the works of English writer Evelyn Waugh (1903 – 1966) or his life as a writer.
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Brideshead Revisited: Prince Rupert’s Horse
Hooper, in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited,
was no romantic. He had not as a child ridden with Rupert's horse or sat among the camp fires at Xanthus-side; at the age when my eyes were dry to all ...
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Is there a hidden meaning in the name of Captain Foulenough?
The novel Brideshead Revisited features a secondary character, a certain Captain Foulenough. In Russian translation his last name is rendered as Буремглой, obviously referring to a Pushkin's line
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What does "the facts about themselves" mean here?
Could you please let me know what "the facts about themselves" means in the following sentences:
I was in no great pains to keep in touch with England. I followed
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What does "made notes for a little thesis" mean here?
I would like to know what "made notes for a little thesis" means in the following sentences:
Collins made notes for a little thesis pointing out the
inferiority of the original mosaics to their ...
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Did Evelyn Waugh see himself as a conservative author, and/or did others categorize him as such?
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Did he openly and directly declare himself belonging to the conservative tradition?
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or did he do it indirectly through his view of human nature and his choice of themes in his ...
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What happens at the end of Book 1 of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop?
I'm reading Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. I thought I was fully comprehending the story, until the return of John Boot at the end of Book 1.
When they had gone, Mrs. Stitch said: "I must go too. Just tell ...
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Did Evelyn Waugh ever attempt to write a screenplay?
Waugh's early novels, especially Vile Bodies, are notable for a "cinematic" style of pacing, with relatively short segments of narrative being "cross-cut" to build tension.
It's noted in his ...
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