Mad World：Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead

图书标准信息

• 作者 Paula Byrne 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2010-05
• ISBN 9780007243778
• 定价 125.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AterrificallyengagingandoriginalbiographyaboutoneofEngland'sgreatestnovelists,andtheglamorous,eccentric,debauchedandultimatelytragicfamilythatprovidedhimwiththemostsignificantfriendshipsofhislifeandinspiredhismasterpiece,BridesheadRevisited.
EvelynWaughwasalreadyfamouswhenBridesheadRevisited'waspublishedin1945.Writtenattheheightofthewar,thenovelwas,headmitted,ofnoimmediatepropagandavalue.Instead,itwasthestoryofahousehold,afamilyandajourneyofreligiousfaith-anelegy,inmanyways,foravanishingworldandatestimonytoafamilyhehadfalleninlovewithadecadeearlier.
TheLygonsofMadresfieldwereeverybitasglamorous,eccentricandcompellingastheircounterpartsinBridesheadRevisited.Inthisengrossingbiography,PaulaByrnetakesaninnovativeapproachtohersubject,settingouttocaptureWaughthroughthosefriendshipsthatmatteredmosttohim.Farfromthesnobbishmisanthropistofpopularcaricature,sheuncoversamanaslovingandcomplexasthefamilythatinspiredhim-afamilydeeplytraumatisedwhentheirfatherwasrevealedasahomosexualandforcedtofleethecountry.
ThisbrilliantlyoriginalbiographyunlocksforthefirsttimetheextenttowhichWaugh'sgreatnovelencodedandtransformedhisownexperiences.Insodoing,itilluminatesthelovesandobsessionsthatshapedhislife,andbringsusinevitablytoasecretthatdarednotspeakitsname.

【作者简介】

PaulaByrnewasborninBirkenheadandhasaPhDfromtheUniversityofLiverpool,wheresheisaResearchFellowinEnglishLiterature.Herfirstbook,JaneAustenandtheTheatre,wasshortlistedfortheTheatreBookPrize.Hersecondbook,Perdita,wasaRichardandJudybookclubpick.AregularcontributortotheTimesLiterarySupplement,shelivesinWarwickshirewithhertwoyoungchildrenandherhusband,thecriticandbiographerJonathanBate.