Evelyn Waugh: Fictions, Faith and Family

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Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements Preface Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh The Waugh family Chapter 1 The early years: 1903–28 Childhood and World War i Schooldays Oxford university and The Scarlet Woman (1925) School-mastering, the Pre-raphaelites and Rossetti (1928) Decline and Fall (1928) Chapter 2 Catholicism and the professional writer: 1928–34 She-Evelyn and Labels (1930) Vile Bodies (1930) What next? roman Catholicism Escape abroad: Abyssinia Black Mischief Escape abroad again: british guyana Controversy, divorce and A Handful of Dust Chapter 3 Campion, second marriage and war: 1934–45 Catholic hagiography Abyssinia (again), Mr Loveday and second marriage Scoop, budapest and mexico Home, Work Suspended and Alec Waugh Crete and Put Out More Flags Disillusionment, drafting Brideshead and Croatia Chapter 4 The acclaimed author: 1945–50 ‘Et in Arcadia ego’ Doubt and divine grace Disengagement and Scott King The Loved One and graham greene Chapter 5 A dysfunctional author trapped in a dystopian society: 1950–5 Helena Financial crisis, rome and The Holy Places Men at Arms Love Among the Ruins and The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold Officers and Gentlemen Chapter 6 The last years: 1955–66 Piers Court to Combe florey and Ronald Knox A Tourist in Africa Unconditional Surrender Basil Seal Rides Again A Little Learning and the second vatican Council Chapter 7 Posthumous reputation and the literary Waughs Lasting achievement Family literary heritage: Arthur and Alec Auberon Waugh Notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Selected Bibliography Index