Category Archives: Academia

Waugh, the Spokesman for Conservatism

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

William Voegeli, a visiting scholar at Claremont College, in an essay entitled “Liberalism and Civilization” published in The Blue Review takes Waugh as his spokesman for the conservative cause. The Blue Review is a peer-reviewed blog intended to promote the … Continue reading →

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David Bradshaw (1955-2016) R.I.P.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The death has been announced of Professor David Bradshaw of Worcester College, University of Oxford. He was Professor of English Literature and author of The Hidden Huxley (1994). He edited and wrote the introduction to several novels, including the Penguin Modern Classics 2001 edition of … Continue reading →

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Bullingdon/Bollinger Faces Extinction

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Sebastian Shakespeare in his Daily Mail gossip column reports that the Bullingdon Club at Oxford (on which Waugh based the Bollinger Club in his novel Decline and Fall) may soon die out for lack of interest: …The Buller is understood … Continue reading →

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Simon Leys on Evelyn Waugh

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s issue of The Weekly Standard carries a review of a biography of Simon Leys (1935-2014). The review is entitled “Muddle Kingdon” and the reviewer is Stephen Miller. Leys was the pen name of Pierre Ryckmans, a Belgian who became … Continue reading →

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Waugh Biographer to Appear at Oxford

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Negative Blog Post Prompts Internet Debate

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Waugh T-shirt on Offer

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Oxford to Offer Waugh Seminar

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Doctoral Dissertation re Intertextuality in Waugh Posted on Internet

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Waugh Novel in Psychology Today Top 100

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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