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Category Archives: Academia
WSJ Traces Etymology of “Scoop”
The Wall Street Journal has an article in which it traces the origin of the word “scoop” and its application to a journalistic coup where one reporter gets his story out ahead of the others who are (or should be) … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Jimmy Weiskopf, The City Paper (Bogota), Wall Street Journal, Woody Allen
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Waugh for the Holidays
As the holidays approach, the media are gathering their year end collections of journalistic musings on 2016. Several of these implicate Evelyn Waugh or his writings. In the Daily Express, comedian Ruby Wax names a Waugh novel as one of her … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Daily Express, Danny Morrison, Irish Echo, Philip Eade, Ruby Wax, TES, TLS
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Latest Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted on Website
The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (No. 47.2, Autumn 2016) is posted on the website. Here are the contents: ARTICLES Grace Stevens, Unnatural Narratology and the Tiresian Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited David Bittner, The “Vanbrugh Brouhaha” … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Anthony Blanche, Bryony Lavery, Evelyn Waugh Studies Autumn 2016, Philip Eade, Vanbrugh
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New German Edition of Sword of Honour Reviewed
A new German edition of Sword of Honour was published earlier this year. This was the same translation as that published originally in 1981 but, according to the December issue of literaturkritik.de, it has been checked (durchgesehen) and, one presumes, updated somewhat. The German title … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged German translation, literaturkritik.de, Sylvia Heudecker
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Jonathan Coe, Evelyn Waugh and P G Wodehouse
An interview of novelist Jonathan Coe for Etudes Britanniques Contemporaines has been posted on the internet. The interview, published as “Laughing Out Loud with Jonathan Coe”, was conducted in October 2015 and deals with the comic content of Coe’s fiction. He is best … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Interviews, Television Programs
Tagged Etudes Britanniques Contemporaines, Jonathan Coe
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Waugh Scholar Wins Award for New Novel
Waugh scholar, author and professor of English Philology at the University of La Rioja in Spain, Carlos Villar Flor, has won an award for a new novel, his fifth. According to the Spanish newspaper La Rioja, Villar Flor: … has just … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers
Tagged Carlos Villar Flor, La Rioja (newspaper), University of La Rioja
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Macaskie Twins Surface at London Book Launch
A posting on the Ronald Knox Society of North America website describes a book launch in London earlier this week. The book is edited by Francesca Knox and is entitled Ronald Knox: A Man for All Seasons. It is a collection … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Events, London, Ronald Knox, World War II
Tagged Francesca Knox, Heythrop College, Ronald Knox Society of North America
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Innovative Study to Include Waugh Chapter
Publication has been announced of an innovative literary study of 28 authors that will include a chapter on Evelyn Waugh. This is entitled The Doubling: Those Influential Writers that Shape Our Contemporary Perceptions of Identity and Consciousness in the New … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Interviews
Tagged Diana Sheets, Edward St. Aubyn
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Nicholas Sheetz (1952-2016) R.I.P.
The death of Nicholas Sheetz, former librarian of Georgetown University’s Special Collections, has been announced. Nick is well known to Waugh scholars and was always helpful to those using the collections. He was also always ready to offer help to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Miscellaneous
Tagged Georgetown University, Nicholas Sheetz
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Waugh Article to Appear in Next Issue of Journal
The Space Between, an academic journal devoted to literature and culture in the interwar period, has announced the contents of its next issue. The lead article will be by Waugh scholar Naomi Milthorpe, who teaches at the University of Tasmania. The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Bibliophilia, Conferences
Tagged Naomi Milthorpe, The Space Between, Waugh's library
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