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Category Archives: Academia
George Steiner 1929-2020 R.I.P.
Literary critic and scholar George Steiner died last week in Cambridge, England at the age of 90. He is the latest eminent literary critic to pass away recently, starting with Harold Bloom in October and continuing with Samuel Hynes, Clive … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Dominic Green, George Steiner, New York Times, The Critic
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Waugh’s Victorian Blood Book
On the website openculture.com, blogger Josh Jones has posted a description of the so-called Victorian Blood Book that was acquired by Evelyn Waugh and added to his collection. It now resides in the Harry Ransom Center’s Evelyn Waugh Collection at … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bibliophilia, Collections
Tagged Harry Ransom Center, openculture.com, Victorian Blood Book
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Late January Roundup
–The New York Times, in a recent column in its By The Book series, interviewed dramatist and gay health rights activist Larry Kramer. Waugh came up in this context: Q. What’s the last book you read that made you laugh? … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Sword of Honour
Tagged Catholic News Service, Guardian, New York Times, St Louis Public Library, The Spectator
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Waugh and Trevor-Roper: The Annual Dacre Lecture
Waugh Society member and frequent contributor Milena Borden sends this report of her recent attendance at the annual Dacre Lecture in Oxford: Milena Borden was invited to the recent Dacre lecture and dinner at Oxford, where Waugh was among the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Dacre Lecture, Hugh Trevor-Roper
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Reading Dickens in the Jungle, et al.
–An article has been posted on Academia.edu entitled “Reading Dickens in the Jungle: A Handful of Dust and Mr Pip.” This is by Alessandro Vescovi, professor of English at the Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan). It previously appeared … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Articles, Vile Bodies
Tagged Academia.edu, Alessandro Vescovi, Ashley Maher, Charles Dickens, Journal of Modern Literature, Marius Hentea, Texas Studies in Literature and Language
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Evelyn and Randolph in WWII Yugoslavia
In the new issue of the collected lectures of the British Studies seminar at the Unversity of Texas, there is a lecture entitled “Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in Yugoslavia”. This is by biographer and literary critic Jeffrey Meyers who … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Lectures, World War II
Tagged Jeffrey Meyers, Randolph Churchill, University of Texas, Yugoslavia
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Labels Reconsidered
A recent issue of the Goldsmiths, University of London literary magazine (GLITS-e-journal) is devoted to “The (Re)Imagined Mediterranean” and contains several articles on that theme. One of them, by post-graduate student Jasmine Bajada from the University of Malta, is entitled: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Labels, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged GLITS-e-journal, Goldsmiths University of London, Jasmine Bajada
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Brideshead Serial Lecture Available Online
The audio version of the lecture delivered last Friday to the British Studies seminar at the University of Texas is now available online. See previous post. It can be accessed at this link.
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures
Tagged British Studies Seminar, University of Texas
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Mid-November Roundup
–The Oxford journal Cherwell reviews a current production of Hamlet at the Keble College O’Reilly Theatre. The review opens with a quote from Evelyn Waugh: “Would you not see a hundred Hamlets pottering about Broad Street?” Evelyn Waugh’s question is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auberon Waugh, Complete Works, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Ambrose McEvoy, Cherwell, Daily Mail, OUPblog, The Oldie, Words on Fire
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Brideshead Anniversary Lecture in Austin
The British Studies Seminar of the University of Texas at Austin will host a lecture on Friday, 15 November on the subject of the serial version of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. The publication of that version took place 75 … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged British Studies, Town & Country magazine, University of Texas
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