A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh

A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The essays cover a wide range of material, from Waugh's early novel Black Mischief (1932) to his last travel book, A Tourist in Africa (1960) . In addition to essays on well-known novels such as Scoop (1938) , Brideshead Revisited (1945) , and Helena (1950) , the collection includes papers on Waugh's library, his changing conception of Oxford, his writing about religious conversion, and his role in the British evacuation of Crete in 1941. The authors approach Waugh and his work in various ways, and innovative essays explore sovereignty, post-colonialism, and adaptation for radio. Contributors: Baron Alder, Peter G. Christensen, Robert Murray Davis, Marcel DeCoste, Patrick Denman Flanery, Donat Gallagher, Irina Kabanova, Dan S. Kostopulos, Lewis MacLeod, John W. Mahon, Richard W. Oram, Ann Pasternak Slater, John Howard Wilson. Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW
Pasternak Slater usefully explores the many ways reversal can play out, and relates the literary procedure to Waugh's own real-life experiences in Abyssinia.
-- Evelyn Waugh Studies --This text refers to the hardcover edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Donat Gallagher teaches in the English Department of James Cook University in North Queensland.
Ann Pasternak Slater is the Eardley-Wilmot Fellow in English at St Anne's College, Oxford.
John Howard Wilson is associate professor of English at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Read more Continue reading Read less