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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Penguin Classic Brideshead Gets New Cover
Penguin UK has reissued the Penguin Modern Classics paperback edition of Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited with a new cover. This is part of a redesign of this line of books adopted earlier this year: In 2017, the [Penguin Modern Classics] series … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Penguin Books UK
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Virginia’s Little Problem
An article on the anti-abortion website LifeSite News considers descriptions of abortions in literature and notes, not surprisingly, that most of them are rather down beat. This is written by Jonathan Van Maren and is entitled “There are no happy … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged abortions, Jonathan Van Maren, LifeSite News
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Powell Lecture to be Given by Alexander Waugh
The annual lecture of the Anthony Powell Society will be given this December by Alexander Waugh at the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, London. Here’s a copy of the AP Society’s announcement: Anthony Powell Lecture Wavian Reactions to Anthony Powell to be … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Lectures, London
Tagged annual lecture, Anthony Powell Society, Travellers' Club
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New Novels with Wavian Undercurrents
Two new novels have been credited in reviews with having been influenced by the writings of Evelyn Waugh. In the Spectator, Elizabeth Day’s fourth novel The Party is described in a review by Helen Brown as beginning with the hero’s Arriving at … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Quinn, Elizabeth Day, iNews, Spectator
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Alan Hollinghurst on Henry Green (and Evelyn Waugh)
Novelist Alan Hollinghurst has reviewed several of Henry Green’s novels (the first six, I believe) in New York Review of Books. This is in connection with the republication of Green’s books by the NYRB’s book subsidiary. In addition to the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, Henry Green, New York Review of Books
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Leigh Fermor Novel Reprinted
New York Review Books has republished the only novel of Patrick Leigh Fermor. This was originally published in 1953 and was entitled The Violins of Saint Jacques. It is about a fictional Caribbean island where a volcano erupts and disrupts … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Helena, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Diana Cooper, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Roderick Beaton, TLS
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Another Waugh Writer
Another member of the Waugh family has turned to writing. This is Nathaniel Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson and second son of Auberon. According to a 2003 story in the Guardian by Alexander Chancellor, Nathaniel had recently moved to France from Shepherd’s Bush … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged France, Guardian, Nathaniel Waugh, The Oldie
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Alec Waugh Remembered
The current issue of The Oldie has a memoir by Alexander Waugh of his Uncle Alec. He was known in the family as “Uncle Sex” and the memoir is written on the 100th anniversary of the publication of his novel … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Mail, Rachel Johnson, The Oldie
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In Search of Arcadia
In several recent posts we have considered the concept of “Arcadia” and its contribution to Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, and vice versa. BBC Four earlier this week transmitted a documentary entitled “In Search of Arcadia” presented by Dr Janina Ramirez and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, In Search of Arcadia, Janina Ramirez
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Huntington Waugh Conference Reviewed
Veteran Waugh scholar Robert Murray Davis has written an assessment of the recent Evelyn Waugh Conference at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California. This is posted on the University of Leicester’s internet site: The symposium can’t be compared to previous … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences
Tagged Huntington Library, Robert Murray Davis
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