Open AccessA Camper Shade of Roar: Ronald Firbank’s Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli and Ivy Compton-Burnett’s Pastors and Masters
Author(s) -
José María Díaz Lage
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista canaria de estudios ingleses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2530-8335
pISSN - 0211-5913
DOI - 10.25145/j.recaesin.2022.84.04
Subject(s) - irony , judgement , discontinuity (linguistics) , literature , philosophy , art history , history , art , epistemology , linguistics
This paper looks at some of the manifestations of camp in two very different novels from the 1920s: Ronald Firbank’s Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli and Ivy Compton-Burnett’s Pastors and Masters. Emphasis is placed on those elements which derive from camp’s detachment, theatricalization and fixation on the surface. Two specific aspects are examined in both novels: their use of dialogue (particularly its discontinuity) and their use of static, tableau-like plots. The final considerations address the relationship between camp and irony as seen in camp’s rejection of moral judgement.