Monthly Archives: May 2017

Waugh Included in Ethiopia Collection

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

An excerpt from Waugh’s 1931 travel book Remote People has been included in a recent collection of writings about Ethiopia. The book, recently reviewed in the TLS,  is edited by Yves-Marie Stranger and is entitled Ethiopia: through writers’ eyes. The … Continue reading →

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Lucy, Paula, Jane and Evelyn

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Columnist Jennifer Selway in her Daily Express entertainment gossip column brings Evelyn Waugh into a literary scholarship cat fight between Waugh biographer Paula Byrne, PhD (Liverpool), and BBC historical TV presenter Lucy Worsley, DPhil (Sussex), both of whom have also written … Continue reading →

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More Information Available on Initial Complete Works Volumes

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Oxford University Press has released additional information on the first volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh to be published later this year. See previous posts. This includes more detailed descriptions of the contents as well as the cover art … Continue reading →

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More Publicity for Decline and Fall US TV Debut

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The New York Times TV critic Neil Genzlinger has written a short preview of the TV adaptation of Decline and Fall that will premiere via online streaming Monday on Acorn TV:  Nobody does waggishness like the British, a skill on full … Continue reading →

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Article on Waugh and Refugees

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of the Brno Studies in English carries an article by Prof Carlos Villar Flor   entitled “Displacement and Exile in Evelyn Waugh’s Post-War Fiction”.  The article is based on a paper Prof Villar Flor presented at the 2015 … Continue reading →

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Maggs Bros to Mount Waugh Artwork Exhibit

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Maggs Bros Ltd, a London bookselling institution since 1853, will move into new quarters in Bloomsbury later this month. After many years in Berkeley Square, they will now be quartered at 48 Bedford Square from 25 May. According to an … Continue reading →

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Joseph Epstein Reviews Waugh

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Veteran US essayist, short-story writer and former editor of The American Scholar, Joseph Epstein, has written a review of Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh. This appears in the latest issue of the Claremont Review of Books and is as … Continue reading →

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Happy Hunting Ground Updated

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

An article in a Mexican newspaper alludes to Waugh’s novel The Loved One. The article is about the cloning of pets and opens with this: In The Loved One , one of his lesser-known novels – though caustic and scathing like … Continue reading →

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Acorn TV Posts Trailer for Decline and Fall

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Acorn TV has posted a trailer on the internet for its streaming of the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall. The series is available next week starting on Monday, 15 May. The Acorn trailer differs from that used by BBC. … Continue reading →

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Shavian and Wavian

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent article in the Irish Times, columnist Frank McNally discussed the derivation of adjectival forms for proper names, wondering for example why people in Cork are known as Corkonians rather than Corkians or Corkists. One example he considers … Continue reading →

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