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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh Foresaw Time Error
An article in the City Journal, a leading urban policy magazine, describes the recent inability of Time magazine’s editors to spot the recent misallocation of Evelyn Waugh’s writings to a survey of women authors, as an example of the failure of America’s … Continue reading
Posted in Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged City Journal, Mathew Yglesias, Time magazine. Stefan Kanfer
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Details Announced of Waugh Anniversary Event in Leeds
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has announced the details of an event at the University of Leeds on 23 March to mark the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death later this year. Here’s the schedule and venue: Event ScheduleHost: Professor … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Complete Works, Conferences, Vile Bodies
Tagged Brotherton Gallery, Michael Brennan, University of Leeds
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Waugh’s Chapels
A traditionalist Roman Catholic blogger has posted a short entry on the connections between the fictional chapel described at Brideshead Castle in Waugh’s novel and the actual chapel at Madresfield Court. The connection between these chapels is well known and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Dorothy Lygon, Madresfield Court
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Joyce Maynard Lists Waugh Book Among Favorites
In The Week magazine, journalist and novelist Joyce Maynard lists Brideshead Revisited among her six favorite books. Maynard is probably best known for her 1992 novel To Die For, which was made into a film, and her 1998 memoir At Home in … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Joyce Maynard, The Week
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Wodehouse Redivivus
A book blog has posted an article describing Evelyn Waugh’s role in the re-establishment of the reputation of P.G. Wodehouse. Waugh’s actions are compared with previous efforts of George Bernard Shaw on behalf of Henrik Ibsen and Walker Percy who … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Radio Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, P.G.Wodehouse
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Name Confusion (More)
The BBC has called in Professor of English Literature Valentine Cunningham at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to discuss the issue of name confusion stirred up by the Time magazine flap. They chose Prof. Cunningham, author of British Writers of the Thirties, thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Humo(u)r, Interviews, Oxford, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC, name confusion, New York Magazine, Valentine Cunningham
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Time’s Error
The Weekly Standard‘s “Scrapbook” column had one of the more interesting comments on the Time magazine affair. (See yesterday’s post.) They speculate on what may have been the cause and, after rejecting several hypotheses, conclude with this: Then again, it could … Continue reading
Posted in World War II
Tagged Marshall Tito, Time magazine, Weekly Standard
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Waugh Removed from Time Magazine Top Women Author List
Earlier today Evelyn Waugh was trending on Twitter as readers noticed that he was included on Time magazine’s list of the top 100 women authors compiled from an analysis of college syllabuses. The New York Observer story illustrates Waugh’s original listing … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, The Loved One, Twitter
Tagged New York Observer, Time magazine, top 100 women authors
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Evelyn Waugh and the Resolute Old Lady
In an article in Crisis magazine, Professor Regis Martin from a Roman Catholic college in Ohio is reminded of Waugh as he conducts a group of his students around Europe. This occurs as they are about to visit a church in the outskirts of Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Helena, The Holy Places
Tagged Crisis magazine, Prof. Regis Martin
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