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Picturesque Prison, the: Evelyn Heath
Picturesque Prison, the: Evelyn
Heath
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.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | 1983 |
| ISBN13 | 9780773504073 |
| Publishers | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Pages | 354 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 657 g |
| Language | English |
