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Category Archives: Academia
Powell Society Papers Include Two about Waugh
The Anthony Powell Society has recently published the Proceedings of its 2016 Conference in York. There are two papers in this collection that relate directly to the writings of Evelyn Waugh. The titles and abstracts of these papers are set forth … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell Society, Castle Howard, Henry Green, Proceedings of York Conference 2016
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New Study of Waugh’s Fiction Published
Amazon is offering an independently published study by Indian academic Ravi Dhar of Evelyn Waugh’s novels. According to the introduction by former Professor S. K. Das of the University of Calcutta: Dr Dhar examines the philosophical basis of Waugh’s novels. His … Continue reading
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Tagged Ravi Dhar
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Waugh Conference at Gerald Brenan House in Malaga
The Gerald Brenan House in Malaga, Spain, has announced a one-day conference on Evelyn Waugh to take place a week from today on Friday 23 June. According to the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia, the conference will start with a showing of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Carlos Villar Flor, Gerald Brenan House, La Vanguardia, Malaga
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Waugh Introduces New Edition of Greek Poetry
References to Waugh’s novels are used to introduce a review of the first volume of a new edition of The Greek Anthology published by Harvard University Press and The Loeb Library. The review is by Hayden Pelliccia and appears in a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Ronald Knox, The Loved One
Tagged Hayden Pellicia, New York Review of Books, The Greek Anthology
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W G Sebald, Comic Novelist?
In a long article in the latest edition of the New Yorker, Anglo-American literary scholar and critic James Wood (not to be confused with the scriptwriter of the same name who wrote BBC’s recent adaptation of Decline and Fall) tries … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged James Wood, New Yorker, W G Sebald
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2017 John H. Wilson Jr. Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
Essays by undergraduates on the life and work of Evelyn Waugh are solicited for the 2017 John H. Wilson Jr. Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by Evelyn Waugh Studies, the journal of the Evelyn Waugh Society, … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Undergraduate Essay Contest
Tagged John H. Wilson Jr.
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Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
A recent incident at Christ Church, an Oxford college, has been widely reported in the British press. This involved a student, Lavinia Woodward, who was studying to be a surgeon. In a reportedly drug-induced rage, she stabbed her boyfriend (whom … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, Guardian, Lavinia Woodward, Peter Hitchins, Simon Jenkins, Tom Winnifrith
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