Evelyn Waugh in America Joshua Hren, America Tuesday, April 28, 2020 In “Americanism,” that amalgamation of all that Americans call “the good life,” wrote Waugh, it is Christianity and “preeminently Catholicism” that plays the redeeming part. He assures his readers that the “Americanism” produced and parodied by the fears of Europeans is a fiction. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
Evelyn Waugh in America
Joshua Hren, America
Tuesday, April 28, 2020