Edwardian social satire blending near-slapstick humor with obsession over death and Catholic spiritual themes.
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Edwardian social satire blending near-slapstick humor with obsession over death and Catholic spiritual themes.
Mixing such seemingly incongruous elements as social satire, near-slapstick, and obsession with death, "A Winnowing," first published in 1910, is the first of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream novels." An undeservedly overlooked work today, the novel flays Edwardian society in terms that bring to mind the comedy of P. G. Wodehouse, and the black humor of Evelyn Waugh. The influence of "A Winnowing" is evident in Evelyn Waugh's take on the funeral industry in Southern California .Excerpt from A wi...
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Mentions of a married couple and spousal bedside care.
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Central Catholic perspective with religious vows and spiritual meaning of death.
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Social satire critiquing Edwardian society and secular materialism.
Obsession with death as recurring motif.
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