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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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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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