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Martin Pott er ( University of Bucharest, English Department, Romania )
Evelyn Waugh and the Americas : Confl ictive Affi nities
During his career Evelyn Waugh wrote two travel books on the Americas, Ninety-
Two Days ( mainly on British Guiana, now Guyana, with an excursion to Brazil )
and Robbery Under Law ( on Mexico ), as well as sett ing a novel in California ( Th e
Loved One ) and an episode of someone in the South American jungle ( A Handful of
Dust ). Concentrating on the travel books but with an eye on the novels as well, I shall
explore the role that contrastive categories such as Latin and Anglo-Celtic culture,
civilisation and frontier life, and the religious and the secular play in Waugh’s vision,
and I shall particularly consider how Waugh’s Catholic allegiance shapes and shift s
his sympathies.
Email martingpv@hotmail.com
Section Travels Between Europe and Latin America ( 15th through 21st centuries )
Panel 62
Date July 30
Time 13 :15
Location l 116