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Category Archives: Academia
Waugh-Themed Academic Papers
–On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, Yuexi Liu, Assistant Professor of English at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University will make a presentation on the subject: “Narrating Difficult Histories: (Inter)Wartime Border Crossing in Hemingway, Waugh, and Isherwood.” Here’s a summary from the notice: The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Film, Lectures, Vile Bodies
Tagged Cara L Lewis, Yuexi Liu
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Combe Florey Sale Coincides with Waugh Anniversary
In an article in today’s Times newspaper, Patrick Kidd writes: On Easter morning 55 years ago tomorrow [Saturday, 10 April 2021] Evelyn Waugh said his last Deo gratias. After assisting his priest at a Latin mass in the Somerset town … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Combe Florey, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Waugh Family
Tagged Patrick Kidd, Strutt & Parker, The Times, University of Texas
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St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–RAI Radio 3 has posted a podcast relating to the new Italian translation of A Little Learning. Here is a translation of the introduction: Let’s not expect the usual self-glorification of the middle-aged writer: Waugh takes us first to get to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Radio Programs, Vile Bodies, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, JSTOR Daily, RAI Radio 3, SoloLibri.net, YouTube
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–Last week’s Sunday Telegraph reviews a new book by Simon Fenwick entitled The Crichel Boys. This is about a post-WWII literary salon established in a house that was formerly the rectory of Long Crichel, Dorset. This was purchased by Eddy … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Insight, Simon Fenwick, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, The Modernist Review, The Spectator, University of California
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MLK Weekend Roundup
—The Tablet has posted an excerpt from Waugh’s novel Helena in recognition of both the Christmas season and the recent publication of that novel as the latest addition (vol. 11) to the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the introduction … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works, Helena, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Copyright Law, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Oldie, The Tablet, William Carey University
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Pinfold’s Voices
Yuexi Liu has written an essay on Waugh’s 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This is included in the latest issue of Modernist Cultures (No. 15/2, 2020) published by the Edinburgh University Press. Here is the abstract: Waugh’s last … Continue reading
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Tagged Modernist Cultures, Thornfield Hall, Yuexi Liu
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“Helena” Memoir in The Tablet
The current issue of The Tablet has what is essentially a memoir by Sara Haslam of her experiences in editing Waugh’s novel Helena. The book was published earlier this month in the UK and will be published in early January … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Helena, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Harry Ransom Center, Oxford University Press, Sara Haslam, The Tablet
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Link to Virtual Book Launch of Helena
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has posted a recording of the virtual book launch last week for their edition of Helena. For those who missed the live version, here’s the link: https://lboro.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=44cc1f86-8d30-41a3-a6a3-ac71008f938b For a summary, see earlier post. … Continue reading
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