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| Name: |
Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh | | Birth Date: |
October 28, 1903 | | Death Date: |
April 10, 1966 | | Place of Birth: |
London, England | | Place of Death: |
Somerset, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
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 Biography of Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh
1,040 words, approx. 4 pages
 The English author Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (1903-1966) ranks as one of the outstanding satiric novelists of the 20th century. Hilariously savage wit and complete command of the English language were hallmarks of his style. Evelyn Waugh was born in... summary from source:
Biography of Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh
7,911 words, approx. 26 pages
 Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was born on 28 October 1903 in Hampstead, England, and grew up in a comfortable middle-class London suburb, the son of Arthur Waugh, a well-known literary critic and publisher, and Catherine Charlotte Raban Waugh. He... summary from source:
 Biography of Evelyn (Arthur St. John) Waugh
7,726 words, approx. 26 pages
A major figure in twentieth-century British literature, Evelyn Waugh captured in his novels the attitudes, foibles, and virtues of the British upper classes. From the nostalgic romanticism of Brideshead Revisited (1945) to the black comedy of The Loved...
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 Evelyn Waugh Quotes
3,264 words, approx. 11 pages
Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh ( 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966 ) was an English satirical novelist. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Decline and Fall (1928) 1.2 Scoop (1938) 1.3 Brideshead Revisited (1945) 2 Unsourced 3 Misattributed 4 Quotes about Waugh 5...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Evelyn Waugh Information
3,213 words, approx. 11 pages
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (IPA: /ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː/) (October 28 1903 – April 10 1966) was an English writer, best known for such satirical novels as Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Scoop, A Handful of Dust and The Loved One, as well as for...
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 The New York Observer Clive James\'d5 20th-Century Tutorial
3/18/2007: 1,047 words, approx. 4 pagesClive James has a high-maintenance girlfriend: the reader. To educate this girlfriend, to correct her wayward mind and haphazard schooling, he has written more than 100 loosely related essays on artists, intellectuals and tyrants, mostly of the 20th century—a crash course in modern history and... summary from source:
AP News Today in history - March 29
3/28/2007: 488 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Thursday, March 29, the 88th day of 2007. There are 277 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.On this date:In 1638, Swedish... summary from source:
AP News Agents' revolt shakes talent agency
9/25/2007: 537 words, approx. 2 pagesTheatrical and literary agents are taking leading roles in a corporate drama in London, resigning one after another from a major agency and threatening to take their clients with them.The exodus from PFD Group Ltd., a leading international literary and talent agency, could be a... summary from source:
The New York Observer The Non-Idiot\'d5s Guide to Summer Movies
5/29/2007: 739 words, approx. 3 pagesone sex-comedy breakout—Wedding Crashers, The 40 Year Old Virgin, etc. Meanwhile, the obligatory serious ochre-and-red movies—boarding-school dramas and domestic excavations—stay in the cashmere drawer til Labor Day. “Summer blockbuster†has become a synonym for Moron’s Delight. Which leaves the snobs whining about the State of...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert R. Garrett
8,844 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following excerpt, Garrett explores the nature of the humor in Decline and Fall, praising Waugh's use of language and narrative structure.
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Critical Essay by Alain Blayac
7,195 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Blayac explains the classical meaning of "humor," rooted in the theory of the four humors of the human body, and applies it to Waugh's novels.
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