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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Negative Blog Post Prompts Internet Debate
Earlier this week Prof Alan Jacobs of Baylor University in Waco, TX posted a brief article on his weblog in which he distilled most of the negative views of Evelyn Waugh into a few paragraphs. These include Waugh’s allegedly callous attitude … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Discussions, Twitter
Tagged Alan Jacobs, Matthew Walther, oldlife.org
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The Herald Scotland Reviews Period Dramas
In the wake of the TV premieres of Victoria (ITV) and Barbarians Rising (History Channel) as well as the launch of the second season of BBC’s remake of Poldark, The Herald Scotland decided to name the top 12 period TV … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
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Scoop in the News
There are several references to Scoop in the recent London papers. The TLS has an article in its Blog about the comic use of the language of telegrams. It mentions novels by P G Wodehouse, Mikhail Bulgakov and John Swartzwelder … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Events, London, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Guardian, Philip Norman, Sun, Sunday Times Magazine, The 60s, TLS, V&A Museum
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Video Bookseller
Booksellers Peter Harrington have stepped up their promotion by showing their prize offerings on YouTube. One of their video offerings is a first edition of Waugh’s 1928 novel Decline and Fall with a pristine dust wrapper. The book is presented by … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, First Editions, Items for Sale, London
Tagged Peter Harrington Booksellers, YouTube
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Fr. Gene D. Phillips, S.J., R.I.P.
The Jesuits Midwest has announced the death on Monday, 29 August, of noted Waugh scholar Fr. Gene D. Phillips who was an ordained Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Jesuit order. He held a PhD in English Literature from Fordham University and … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh Society, Film, Newsletter
Tagged Gene D. Phillips, Jesuits Midwest
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Waugh T-shirt on Offer
A t-shirt with a photograph of Evelyn Waugh is for sale on the internet. The photo is a 1940 portrait by Carl van Vechten in which Waugh is wearing a heavy tweed overcoat and looks as if he just had … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Chattels & Movables, Items for Sale, Portraits
Tagged T-shirts
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Oxford to Offer Waugh Seminar
The Oxford University Department of Continuing Education has announced a one-week seminar next summer on the topic Evelyn Waugh: Beyond Brideshead. The theme is explained in the announcement which was posted yesterday: Since his death 50 years ago, Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Doctoral Dissertation re Intertextuality in Waugh Posted on Internet
A Ph.D. dissertation by Janelle Lynn Ortega entitled “‘I Heard the Same Thing Once Before’: Intertextuality in Selected Works of Evelyn Waugh” has been posted on the internet by the University of New Mexico. According to the abstract: …This dissertation … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Society, Love Among The Ruins, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Vile Bodies
Tagged Intertextuality, Janelle Lynn Ortega, PhD dissertation, University of New Mexico
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Waugh Novel in Psychology Today Top 100
Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One was selected for inclusion in Psychology Today’s list of the top 100 novels everyone should read. The list was compiled by an Eng. Lit. professor at the University of Connecticut who has been assigning … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, The Loved One
Tagged Psychology Today, Top 100 Novels
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