"Much to repent and repair": Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour and Modern War Literature
Although Evelyn Waugh's World War II trilogy Sword of Honour is often read for its distinctly Roman Catholic critique of the war, not enough attention has been paid to the central role that the sacrament of penance plays in Waugh's depiction of the war and the narrative structure of the tr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 68, Issue: 4, Pages: 559-579 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Confession
B war literature B Evelyn Waugh B twentieth-century British literature B Penance |
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| Summary: | Although Evelyn Waugh's World War II trilogy Sword of Honour is often read for its distinctly Roman Catholic critique of the war, not enough attention has been paid to the central role that the sacrament of penance plays in Waugh's depiction of the war and the narrative structure of the trilogy. Guy Crouchback's spiritual journey towards true repentance during the war is echoed formally by Waugh's construction of a retrospective and didactic narrative that encourages the reader to look back and reflect, resulting in a war literature that is Catholic both in content and form. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333119827132 |