Category Archives: Academia

Roundup: Riots and Pestilence

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Conservative essayist and editor Roger Kimball writing in the journal The Epoch Times (describing itself as “non-partisan” but otherwise characterized elsewhere) addresses the controversial subject of political protests and street riots in the USA. The article is entitled “Those Burning … Continue reading →

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Monsignor Rittig Revisited

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Zagreb newspaper Večernji list has published an interview of the writer and religion scholar Margareta Matijevic who has recently written a book about the Yugoslav priest and  politician Svetozar Rittig. From what I can gather from the computerized translation … Continue reading →

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Waugh and “The Editorial Line”

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Mexican newspaper El Universal has posted an opinion article on the political situation in Mexico that opens with a quote from Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop. This is entitled “La linea editorial”: Evelyn Waugh published in 1938 a satirical novel … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Audrey Lucas and More

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Duncan Mclaren has added more information to his website concerning Waugh’s friendship with actress and writer Audrey Lucas. This takes the form of an imagined interview of Audrey by Nancy Mitford in advance of the now postponed Brideshead Festival at … Continue reading →

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New Volume of CWEW Announced: Helena, v. 11

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Oxford University Press has posted the next volume of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This is his 1950 novel Helena which will appear as volume 11 in November. The OUP descripton is posted on their website. Here’s an … Continue reading →

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Book Clubs and Waugh

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

An article has been posted on the academic website TheConversation.com entitled “Book clubs and the Blitz: how WWII Britons kept calm and got reading.” This is by Nicola Wilson of the University of Reading. She explains the growth of book … Continue reading →

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Easter Roundup: Reading Waugh in a Time of Self-Isolation

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–An article in National Review relates mainly to Alessandro Manzoni’s 1840 novel in Italian The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi). This is by M D Aeschliman who explains the popularity of the 700 page work among his University of Virginia students … Continue reading →

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Acedemic Roundup: Spring 2020

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The journal The University Scholar published by the University of Dallas, has included an essay on Waugh in its Fall 2019 issue (v. XX, No. 1, p. 48).  This is entitled “An Animalistic Death Cult: Materialism and Religiosity in Evelyn … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, d. 10 April 1966, R.I.P.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Today is the 54th anniversary of the death of Evelyn Waugh. His death occurred on what was Easter Sunday, and he had attended Mass earlier in the day. He died after returning to his home in Combe Florey and is … Continue reading →

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Pre-Easter Roundup

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Roger Lewis has posted another reading list for the current epidemic. This is in the Daily Mail and is entitled “Keep laughing and read on.” Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop is among those recommended: William Boot, who contributes nature columns on … Continue reading →

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