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Category Archives: Academia
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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Et in Cantabrigia Ego
A Cambridge University student-sponsored news blog (The Tab) has published interviews with several incoming students. One seems to have gotten her ancient universities a bit mixed: Holly, History, Pembroke. “I applied to Cambridge under the illusion that I would have the chance … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Oxford
Tagged Cambridge University, The Tab
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“Death to Picasso”
Columnist, editor of The New Ctiterion and scourge of academic political correctness, Roger Kimball, has cited Waugh in an article in the conservative/libertarian weblog PJ Media. This was in the context of a “PC” debate that arose from recent unrest in … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Articles, Letters, Twitter
Tagged Pablo Picasso, PJ Media, political correctness, Roger Kimball, University of Tennessee
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