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Evelyn Waugh's exterior modernism : cinema, satire, comedy /

"The first to systematically examine Waugh's relationship with cinema in the context of modernism, Yuexi Liu examines his move from high modernism towards 'exterior modernism', privileging exteriority over the interiority of consciousness, foregrounding talk and drawing on cinema...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liu, Yuexi (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Series:Historicizing modernism.
Subjects:
Waugh, Evelyn, > 1903-1966 > Criticism and interpretation.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Satire, English > History and criticism.
Motion pictures and literature > Great Britain.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
Cinéma et littérature > Grande-Bretagne.
Modernism (Literature)
Motion pictures and literature
Great Britain
Literary criticism.
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Summary:"The first to systematically examine Waugh's relationship with cinema in the context of modernism, Yuexi Liu examines his move from high modernism towards 'exterior modernism', privileging exteriority over the interiority of consciousness, foregrounding talk and drawing on cinema, comedy, and satire"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350551985
1350551988
9781350552029
135055202X