Category Archives: Academia

New Study of Waugh’s Satire Published

Naomi Milthorpe, well known to Waugh Society members, has written a study of Waugh’s works entitled Evelyn Waugh’s Satire: Texts and Contexts. The book was published last month and is described in the publisher’s announcement as offering: … new exegetical accounts of the … Continue reading

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British Library Posts Article on BYPs

The British Library has posted an article on its website about the Bright Young People of the interwar years. This is by Dr Milena Borden and is entitled: “Bright Young Things: behind the party mask.” Dr Borden concentrates on how the … Continue reading

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Waugh Conference Announced at Huntington Library

Dr Steve Hindle, Director of Research at the Huntington Library, has announced a conference on the theme Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector. The conference will be held at the Huntington Library near Pasadena, California on 5-6 May 2017. It will … Continue reading

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Russian Literary Journal Marks Waugh Anniversary

The Russian literary journal Inostrannaia Literatura (Foreign Literature) has devoted about two-thirds of its April 2016 issue to a collection of essays and translations relating to Evelyn Waugh. This was issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. The cover is … Continue reading

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Argentine Press Notes Waugh Anniversary and Complete Works

The Buenos Aires Herald carries an article by Felicitas Casillo marking the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death and explaining the project that will publish the Complete Works of Waugh. The article begins with a summary of Waugh’s achievement as a writer: … Continue reading

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Waugh Character in List of Oxford Notables

The Oxford Royale Academy, which offers summer school and other college preparatory instruction, has published in its promotional materials a list of 8 of the most famous Oxford literary characters. Included on the list is Sebastian Flyte: In reality, Oxford … Continue reading

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Waugh in the OED

The Oxford English Dictionary has made available an inventory of its quotations of Evelyn Waugh’s works. This is cached on Google at this link. According to this summary, Waugh is the 775th most quoted author and Put Out More Flags is his most … Continue reading

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Princeton Salutatorian Wrote Thesis on Waugh

Princeton University’s salutatorian this year is Esther Kim. She will deliver a Latin oration at next week’s graduation ceremony. According to a Princeton press release, she is an English major and wrote her senior thesis on a topic that included Evelyn … Continue reading

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Waugh Seminar at Durham University

The Department of English Studies  at Durham University has issued the details of a seminar later this week on the works of Evelyn Waugh: Join the next Inventions of the Text seminar, where Dr Jason Harding will do something that one … Continue reading

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Pinfold Features in Article on Hallucinatory Literature

A recent article in a U.S. academic journal opens with a reference to Waugh’s late, autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This is in an article by John Foxwell of Durham University entitled “Enacting Hallucinatory Experiences in Literature: Metalepsis, … Continue reading

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