--- In Evelyn_Waugh@yahoogroups.com, "Seth C. Holler" <scholler@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a study that examines Waugh's debts to Victorian
> novelists? I'm thinking, for instance of the way *The Ordeal of Gilbert
> Pinfold* might borrow from and play with Meredith's *The Ordeal of Richard
> Feverel*.
>

Welcome, Seth. I can think of three things that might be useful, none directly
related to the example you give. I've noticed the parallel titles, and I imagine
Waugh had something in mind, but I don't know of anyone who has looked into the
relationship.

Other sources:
Richard Wasson, "A Handful of Dust: Critique of Victorianism," Modern Fiction
Studies 7 (Winter 1961). Also in James F. Carens, ed., Critical Essays on Evelyn
Waugh (1987).
Jerome Meckier, "Why the Man Who Liked Dickens Reads Dickens Instead of Conrad:
Waugh's A Handful of Dust," Novel 13.2 (Winter 1980).
Simon Joyce, The Victorians in the Rearview Mirror (Ohio UP, 2007). haven't read
it yet, but it seems to deal with HD as well.

Good luck! Let us know what you find out! JW