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Category Archives: Academia
Waugh Biographer to Appear at Oxford
As part of Oxford Alumni Weekend (16-18 September), Waugh biographer Paula Byrne will appear with her husband Jonathan Bate in a program entitled “The Life of the Biographer.” The discussion at Worcester College is described in the program: The art … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Discussions, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Alumni Weekend, Paula Byrne
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Negative Blog Post Prompts Internet Debate
Earlier this week Prof Alan Jacobs of Baylor University in Waco, TX posted a brief article on his weblog in which he distilled most of the negative views of Evelyn Waugh into a few paragraphs. These include Waugh’s allegedly callous attitude … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Discussions, Twitter
Tagged Alan Jacobs, Matthew Walther, oldlife.org
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Waugh T-shirt on Offer
A t-shirt with a photograph of Evelyn Waugh is for sale on the internet. The photo is a 1940 portrait by Carl van Vechten in which Waugh is wearing a heavy tweed overcoat and looks as if he just had … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Chattels & Movables, Items for Sale, Portraits
Tagged T-shirts
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Oxford to Offer Waugh Seminar
The Oxford University Department of Continuing Education has announced a one-week seminar next summer on the topic Evelyn Waugh: Beyond Brideshead. The theme is explained in the announcement which was posted yesterday: Since his death 50 years ago, Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Doctoral Dissertation re Intertextuality in Waugh Posted on Internet
A Ph.D. dissertation by Janelle Lynn Ortega entitled “‘I Heard the Same Thing Once Before’: Intertextuality in Selected Works of Evelyn Waugh” has been posted on the internet by the University of New Mexico. According to the abstract: …This dissertation … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Society, Love Among The Ruins, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Vile Bodies
Tagged Intertextuality, Janelle Lynn Ortega, PhD dissertation, University of New Mexico
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Waugh Novel in Psychology Today Top 100
Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One was selected for inclusion in Psychology Today’s list of the top 100 novels everyone should read. The list was compiled by an Eng. Lit. professor at the University of Connecticut who has been assigning … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, The Loved One
Tagged Psychology Today, Top 100 Novels
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Academic Article on Waugh, Tory Anarchist
The academic publication British Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature has published in its latest edition an article on Evelyn Waugh. This is by Peter Wilkin (Brunel University, Uxbridge) in v. 97, n. 6 (August 2016) and is entitled … Continue reading
Academic Paper on Waugh at English Studies Conference
A paper entitled “The Reception of Evelyn Waugh in Spain and Romania” will be delivered tomorrow at the annual conference of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). The conference is taking place this week at the National … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences
Tagged Christina Zimbroianu, ESSE Conference
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William Boyd Reviews Pasternak Slater and Eade in Guardian
Novelist and Waugh admirer William Boyd in today’s Guardian reviews the new books on Waugh by Ann Pasternak Slater and Philip Eade. See earlier posts. Perhaps because the Guardian had already reviewed Eade’s book, Boyd spends most of his review … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Sword of Honour
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Guardian, Philip Eade, William Boyd
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Waugh Study by Ann Pasternak Slater Published
The long-awaited study of Waugh’s life and work by Ann Pasternak Slater was published earlier this month in the UK. Dr Pasternak Slater is Senior Research Fellow at St Anne’s College, Oxford. She is well known to Waugh Society members … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Mark Amory, Spectator magazine
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