Waugh in Abyssinia by Evelyn Waugh, Intro by John Maxwell Hamilton / 2007 LSU

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“light edge wear; Scoop, Evelyn Waugh's bestselling comedy of England's newspaper business of the ...
Genre
History
Intended Audience
Adults
Book Title
Waugh in Abyssinia (From Our Own Correspondent)
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
ISBN
9780807132517
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
LSU
ISBN-10
0807132519
ISBN-13
9780807132517
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57066106

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Waugh in Abyssinia
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Military / World War II, Africa / General, Journalism, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Author
Evelyn Waugh
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Series
From Our Own Correspondent Ser.
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Trade
LCCN
2006-036754
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
963
Synopsis
Scoop, Evelyn Waugh's bestselling comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s is the closest thing foreign correspondents have to a bible -- they swear by it. But few readers are acquainted with Waugh's memoir of his stint as a London Daily Mail correspondent in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) during the Italian invasion in the 1930s. Waugh in Abyssinia is an entertaining account by a cantankerous and unenthusiastic war reporter that "provides a fascinating short history of Mussolini's imperial adventure as well as a wickedly witty preview of the characters and follies that figure into Waugh's famous satire." In the forward, veteran foreign correspondent John Maxwell Hamilton explores in how Waugh ended up in Abyssinia, which real-life events were fictionalized in Scoop, and how this memoir fits into Waugh's overall literary career, which includes the classic Brideshead Revisited. As Hamilton explains, Waugh was the right man (a misfit), in the right place (a largely unknown country that lent itself to farcical imagination), at the right time (when the correspondents themselves were more interesting than the scraps of news they could get.) The result, Waugh in Abyssinia, is a memoir like no other., This reissue of a largely forgotten book by Evelyn Waugh will be the first in our new series edited by John Maxwell Hamilton, From Our Own Correspondent. Waugh's hilarious novel, Scoop, is said to be the closest thing foreign correspondents have to a Bible. Along with generations of general readers, the correspondents swear by and laugh at the antics of reporters in Waugh's fictional Ishmaelia. Few readers, however, are as acquainted with this title. It is Waugh's memoir of his time as a London Daily Mail correspondent in Abyssinia, what is today Ethiopia, during the mid-1930's when Italy invaded the hapless country. Waugh's account, though often criticized for its endorsement of the Italian invasion, provides a fascinating short history of Mussolini's imperial strides. It also introduces Waugh's famous wit and the characters and follies that figure into his notorious satire.
LC Classification Number
DT387.8.W3 2007

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