A Little Order: Selected Journalism by Evelyn Waugh Paperback Book

Description: A Little Order by Evelyn Waugh Explores the authors Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P G Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A wonderful selection of Waughs journalism, reissued with a new cover lookWhether celebrating Hogarth or savaging Hollywood, mocking modern manners or defending traditional English architecture, inviting readers to come inside the Catholic Church or expressing his contempt for modish Marxism and American-style religion, Evelyn Waughs journalism is sparkling, sometimes vitriolic and always full of good sense. In this wonderful selection he explores his Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P. G. Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. Decades after their publication, these pieces still retain their capacity to delight, to surprise and to shock. Notes Essays and reviews, new to the PMC series. Author Biography Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966. Kirkus US Review A small, judicious selection of Waughs journalistic pieces, 1917-1964 - only a pendant to the recently-published diaries and letters, perhaps, but a display of the authors range without his excesses. Under "Myself" are the youthful, impudent pieces (mocking "the plague of good taste," satirizing the course of literary careers - but asking, already, "Why Glorify Youth?") and the late laments ("Why Hollywood Is a Term of Disparagement," "I See Nothing But Boredom. . . Everywhere"). The "Aesthete" brings some of Waughs keenest observation - of social and cultural modes - and his most evocative descriptions; surveying the monuments of "our Augustan age of architecture," he conjures up "A lovely house where an aged colonel plays wireless music to an obese retriever." The "Man of Letters" finds him analyzing Henry Greens Living, paying witty tribute to Osbert Sitwell, celebrating the "unique" career of Alfred Duggar, and writing about Max Beerbohm with elegance and tact. The pieces that represent Waugh the "Conservative" demonstrate his perturbations - a denunciation of a visit by Tito, the observation that "In general a man is best fitted to the tasks he has seen his father perform" - without bombast. And Gallaghers introduction to the "Catholic" writings puts Waughs Faith in sympathetic perspective - as do the writings chosen: "Come Inside," his own undogmatic account of how he became a Catholic; "Edith Stein," a meticulous, restrained account of a convert. Throughout, there is evidence of Waughs sense of structure and awareness of style, his enthusiasms as well as his prejudices. Whereas the diaries and letters may put off readers, this is more likely to encourage them to explore further. (Kirkus Reviews) Details ISBN0141182938 Pages 208 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2000 ISBN-10 0141182938 ISBN-13 9780141182933 Format Paperback Publication Date 2000-04-06 Imprint Penguin Classics Subtitle Selected Journalism Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 824.912 Author Evelyn Waugh Birth 1903 Death 1966 Media Book Series Penguin Modern Classics Edited by Gallagher, Donat UK Release Date 2000-04-06 Alternative 9780718197803 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-01-30 AU Release Date 2019-01-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:32760637;

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