Waugh, Auberon - Waugh, Auberon 1939–
Waugh, Auberon 1939–
Waugh, an English novelist, critic, essayist, and political journalist, is a regular contributor to many important British periodicals. As a member of one of the great contemporary literary families, Waugh has received much attention—sometimes to his discredit—from British critics. But he is, certainly, a talented and witty satirist whose work is distinguished by its own merits. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 45-48.)
It is interesting, but a little horrifying, to see how [Auberon Waugh, in The Foxglove Saga,] takes over his father's comic apparatus in toto; one may imagine Mr. Evelyn Waugh crying, "But I'm not dead yet". And not the apparatus only. Even the opinions are instantly recognizable….
At first, recognizing (as one thinks) a familiar Freudian pattern, one is delighted to suspect that the son is turning one of his father's most cherished attitudes on its head. Mr. Waugh junior...
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