Evelyn Waugh's Oxford, 1922-1966 / Barbara Cooke ; with illustrations by Amy Dodd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Barbara, 1984-

Contributor:

Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Dodd, Amy, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.

Novelists, English--Homes and haunts.

England--Oxford.

Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966--Homes and haunts--England--Oxford.

Waugh, Evelyn.

Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966--Knowledge and learning--England--Oxford.

Intellectual life.

Novelists, English--Homes and haunts--England--Oxford.

Novelists, English.

Oxford (England)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Oxford (England).

Art.

Homes.

Physical Description:

xvii, 174 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2018.

Summary:

Oxford held a special place in Evelyn Waugh's imagination. So formative were his Oxford years that the city never left him, appearing again and again in his novels in various forms. This book explores in rich visual detail the abiding importance of Oxford as both location and experience in his literary and visual works. Drawing on specially commissioned illustrations and previously unpublished photographic material, it provides a critically robust assessment of Waugh's engagement with Oxford over the course of his literary career.0Following a brief overview of Waugh's life and work, subsequent chapters look at the prose and graphic art Waugh produced as an undergraduate together with Oxford's portrayal in Brideshead Revisited and A Little Learning as well as broader conceptual concerns of religion, sexuality and idealised time. A specially commissioned, hand-drawn trail around Evelyn Waugh's Oxford guides the reader around the city Waugh knew and loved through locations such as the Botanic Garden, the Oxford Union and The Chequers. 0A unique literary biography, this book brings to life Waugh's Oxford, exploring the lasting impression it made on one of the most accomplished literary craftsmen of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Evelyn Waugh's City

City of Invention p. 27

City of Memory p. 46

City of Imagination p. 63

Exploring Waugh's Oxford

Hertford College p. 78

The New Theatre p. 81

Hall Brothers p. 85

New College p. 88

The Hypocrites Club p. 92

Balliol College p. 96

The Junk Shop p. 100

The Oxford Canal p. 103

Alice's Shop p. 107

The Oxford Union p. 110

St John's College & Campion Hall p. 114

Maltby's the Bookbinders p. 118

Pubs p. 121

The Railway Station p. 127

The Old Palace p. 130

Christ Church p. 133

Oxford Botanic Garden p. 136

Merton Street p. 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [162]-170) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781851244874

1851244875

OCLC:

1038043757