Rossetti: His Life and Works (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241547881 ISBN 13: 9780241547885

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2022

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Evelyn Waugh's first book: a portrait of one of the greatest artists of the nienteenth century, from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth

'Biography, as books about the dead are capriciously catalogued, is still very much in the mode'

This is a sparkling account of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's tragic and mysterious life, telling the story behind some of the greatest poetry and painting of the nineteenth century. Shot through with charm and dry wit, and illuminated by his sense of kinship with the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Rossetti is at once a brilliant reevaluation of Rosetti's work and legacy, as well as a blast of defiance against the art establishment of Waugh's day.

'The youthful high spirits of the writing make this a true cultural delight' New Statesman

'To be celebrated with fireworks, bunting and marching bands' Country Life

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Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0241547881
• ISBN 13: 9780241547885
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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