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Elijah and the beginning of Evelyn Waugh's Men at Arms.
At the beginning of Evelyn Waugh's novel Men at Arms (1952), Guy Crouchback, the hero, faces an unusual problem. About to leave Italy for England at the beginning of the Second World War, Guy is presented with "a large ornamental cake which had been made in celebration of his departure." Guy has just eaten lunch, and he is no longer hungry, so he watches "with alarm" as his servant Josefina cuts the cake: "H e tasted it, praised it, crumbled it." Josefina and the other servant, Bianca, stood "implacable before him until he had finished the last morsel" (Sword Trilogy 12). As Guy gets into a taxi to leave, "Josefina put into his lap the remains of the cake wrapped in ...
- Abstracts of Japanese essays on Evelyn Waugh, 1955-1961.(Critical essay)
- Magazine article from: Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies Usui, Yoshiharu September 22, 2009 700+ words
...the pilgrimage of Guy Crouchback should...Bungaku to Shukyo [On Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisted...36. Abstract: Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited...the protagonist, Guy Crouchback, they...Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh]." Toyo Daigaku...
- Quantitative judgments and individual salvation in Evelyn Waugh's Sword of...
- Magazine article from: Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature Wilson, John Howard June 22, 2008 700+ words
...doubtful. The early novels of Evelyn Waugh are similar, in that hopeless...individual matter, the hero, Guy Crouchback, must learn to...win in a righteous cause. Guy fights for his country, but...perish.... I can only be St Evelyn Waugh, after God knows what experiences...
- Miniaturization and anticlimax in Evelyn Waugh's 'Sword of Honor.' (author)
- Twentieth Century Literature Trout, Steven June 22, 1997 700+ words
Although Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour has drawn high praise...set of values. In The Ironic World of Evelyn Waugh (1992), Frederick L. Beaty has refined...several times in the narrative, when Guy and his fellow soldiers are forced to...
- EVELYN WAUGH'S IMMORTAL SOULS.
- Magazine article from: Quadrant ALDER, BARON July 1, 2000 700+ words
ROBBERY UNDER LAW, the product of Evelyn Waugh's two-month journey through Mexico, has perhaps suffered...bank clerk and his girl". For D.J. Taylor, for example, Guy Crouchback's Catholicism in the Sword of Honour trilogy...
- The "red-knee'd" officer: Evelyn Waugh's Cameo appearance in Ferdinand Mount's...
- Magazine article from: Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies Manley, Jeffrey A. March 22, 2009 700+ words
...educated at Eton and Oxford (Magdalen) in the same generation as Evelyn Waugh. Ferdinand is also the nephew of Anthony Powell, who was...be the Commandos: Waugh and the hero of his war trilogy, Guy Crouchback, serve in the same organization. In his Diaries...
- The rich face west: a society columnist finds sweet, savage revenge in an...
- Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine Plunket, Robert November 1, 2004 700+ words
...trailer park, Enchanted Acres, still in tatters from Hurricane Zelda. Something in his gut told Mr. Chatterbox it was the guy from the collection agency. He parked in the doctor's office parking lot across from Michael's on East and then, just to...
- Evelyn Waugh: a supplementary checklist of criticism.(Bibliography)
- Magazine article from: Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies Wilson, John Howard March 22, 2009 700+ words
...the earlier checklists published in Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies. It includes...la Litterature au cinema: le cas d'Evelyn Waugh." Humoresques 6 (1995). Brannigan...of Catholicism for Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh." Perceptions of Religious Faith in...
- Abstracts of Japanese essays on Evelyn Waugh, 1948-1959.(Critical essay)
- Magazine article from: Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies Usui, Yoshiharu March 22, 2009 700+ words
S. Y. "Evelyn Waugh no Ninki―Sekaibungakutsushin (Igirisu)" ["Popularity of Evelyn Waugh--World Literary Correspondence...days. But it is a central writer, Evelyn Waugh, 45 years old this year, who attracts...