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The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Waugh's Brideshead Revisited | Prof. Patrick Callahan

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Brideshead or Visit: A History of the Second World War

Evelyn Waa wrote Brideshead or visited in World War II. The author broke his leg during jump training for paratroopers, and he was waiting for the leg to heal. This is how Brideshead first came about as he was doing this long therapy and healing himself. "It's very obvious that Waa is thinking about these books," writer says.

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