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Category Archives: Academia
BBC “Great Lives” Revisited
In this week’s issue of The Tablet, columnist Christopher Howse revisits last December’s BBC Radio 4 broadcast of the series Great Lives in which Evelyn Waugh was the subject. See previous posts. Presenter Matthew Parris interviewed panelists Russell Kane, a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Christopher Howse, Great Lives, The Tablet
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Evelyn Waugh and the Mid-Century Gothic
A book published earlier this year addresses what it sees as a postwar response in literature and other media of cultural expression to the modernism that prevailed in the interwar period. The book is entitled Mid-Century Gothic which is the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Lisa Mullen, Mid-Century Gothic
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Waugh and Huxley
Dr Gillian Dooley, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of English, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, has published a paper entitled “Love, Death and the Satirical Purpose: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One“. This originally appeared in Texture: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Dr Gillian Dooley
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Harold Acton’s Estate Subject of Lawsuit
The New York Post’s celebrity gossip website PageSix,com has posted a story relating to Harold Acton’s bequest of his estate near Florence, Italy to New York University. Acton died childless in 1994 and left most of his fine art and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Harold Acton, New York Post, The Oldie, Villa La Pietra
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Iris Murdoch Centenary Marked This Week
This week is the 100th anniversary of novelist-philosopher Iris Murdoch’s birth in 1919. It will be marked by a Centenary Conference at St Anne’s College, Oxford this weekend (13-15 July). A later conference is scheduled on 10-11 October at the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Iris Murdoch Centenary, TLS
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4th of July Weekend Roundup
–America: The Jesuit Review has reposted on its website a 2013 essay about Waugh written by Jon M Sweeney. The essay was a response to the re-issuance of all of his fiction in the USA by Little, Brown and all … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Letters, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Television
Tagged America: The Jesuit Review, Catch-22, Evening Standard, Los Angeles Times, The Oldie, University of Birmingham, Vita and Virginia
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OED Declares “Brideshead” an Adjective
In its June 2019 list of new words the Oxford English Dictionary declares “Brideshead” to be an adjective independent of Waugh’s novel. Here’s their entry and usage examples for the new word: Reminiscent of the style, characters, plot, etc., of … Continue reading
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Tagged New Words, Oxford English Dictionary
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Decline and Fall: Two Editions on Offer
Oxford University Press has posted promotional material for a special edition of Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh’s first novel. This is rewritten for Level 6 English language learners (secondary and adult students) by Clare West. It is part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Oxfam, Oxford University Press
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