tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428523453680685137.post9116735253078041925..comments2023-04-20T19:10:20.931+02:00Comments on Poe: Evelyn Waugh´s Fiction (1)Juan F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13843377279089478929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428523453680685137.post-5369198637324358672008-07-22T10:00:00.000+02:002008-07-22T10:00:00.000+02:00Yes, it looks as if the novel was made up of bits ...Yes, it looks as if the novel was made up of bits and pieces rather than an initial idea developed. Apparently it was a short story which later became the end of one of the versions of the novel. <BR/><BR/>[Waugh wrote of how the novel came to be written: "I had just written a short story about a man trapped in the jungle, ending his days reading Dickens aloud. The idea came quite naturally from the experience of visiting a lonely settler of that kind and reflecting how easily he could hold me prisoner [...] eventually the thing grew into a study of other sorts of savages at home and the civilized man's helpless plight among them." (Gallagher, 303). The short story referred to is "The Man Who Liked Dickens."]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428523453680685137.post-60716842141156724352008-07-21T23:56:00.000+02:002008-07-21T23:56:00.000+02:00I have not read 'A Handful Of Dust' either and agr...I have not read 'A Handful Of Dust' either and agree with both of you that it is hard to get a clear picture of what happens in it and why. In fact, I found the ending of this novel too farcical to sound verosimile. Anyway the revenge decision of Tony coming back to deceive his wife (for the sake of deceiving her?) does not sound to me more plausible. <BR/>I also think that Tony's belief in the probability of finding a Gothic styled city in Brazil shows either his naiveness or a poor geographical knowledge.Maite P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05177768315978171980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428523453680685137.post-8634917043255091272008-07-21T16:13:00.000+02:002008-07-21T16:13:00.000+02:00Como ya comenté en un mensaje durante el curso, el...Como ya comenté en un mensaje durante el curso, el tono de las novelas de Waugh me recuerda mucho a la nostalgia ‘por los tiempos mejores’ que invade la historia de “El señor de los anillos”, de Tolkien. De hecho, creo que ambos escritores fueron contemporáneos y tal vez estaban reflejando la añoranza que invadía a su país en aquellos días, y el recuerdo idealizado de la época en la que Inglaterra era todavía un imperio, El Imperio. <BR/>Recuerdo que me parecieron novelas muy complejas, y me fue difícil hacerme una idea real del contenido de las mismas (sobre todo de Brideshead Revisited) sin haberlas leído. Si tu tampoco piensas hacerlo, vale la pena que acumules toda la información posible sobre ellas, de cara al examen.<BR/>Juan F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com