Ronald Firbank
Firbank was the most original English novelist of his generation, whose radically elliptical novels of decadent life in imaginary Caribbean and Roman settings created a unique mode of comic modernism. His influence on Waugh, Powell, and later writers was considerable.
Works
- ValmouthNovel of decadent leisure and romantic entanglement in a seaside town
- Prancing NiggerNovel satirizing colonial society and racial attitudes in the Caribbean
- Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal PirelliNovel of ecclesiastical intrigues and passion in the Catholic Church
- CapriceSatirical novel of socialite love and drawing room intrigue
- InclinationsNovel of social satire exploring aestheticism and artifice in London society