criticism

Question 1

christine berberich

reaction a world quote

Answer 1

‘Brideshead’ was Waugh’s reaction to a world changing before his eyes, and as he saw it, not changing for the better

Question 2

christine berberich

Waugh was disenchanted with..

Answer 2

Waugh was disenchanted with what he perceived as decline

Question 3

R R Garnett in mourning Oxford

Answer 3

In mourning Oxford, Ryder mourns his own youth as well

Question 4

R R Garnett describes the book as

Answer 4

deeply elegiac

Question 5

Blayac he has not given up the struggle, but

Answer 5

he has not given up the struggle, but he lacks the means to pursue it effectively. Not until the ed of the Prologue, when the landscape of the as yet unnamed Brideshead reminds him that there is another possible then and there

Question 6

H Carpenter Sebastian and Julia are

Answer 6

Sebastian and Julia are the forerunners of Charles’ true love, the house