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Category Archives: Academia
Paula Byrne to Lecture at Oxfordshire Museum
Literary biographer Paula Byrne will lecture at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock on the subject of her book Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead (2009). The lecture, sponsored by the Woodstock Literature Society, is scheduled for Saturday, 24 October … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Mad World, Paula Byrne, Woodstock Literature Society
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Alexander Waugh to Speak on Combe Florey
The University of Leicester has announced a lecture by Alexander Waugh on Evelyn Waugh’s views on the English country house, with particular reference to his own house, Combe Florey, in Somerset. The talk is open to the public (£3 admission) … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Combe Florey, Complete Works, Lectures
Tagged University of Leicester
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New Book On Campion Anticipated by Waugh
A new book on the life of Edmund Campion was recently published. This is Edmund Campion: A Scholarly Life by UCL Professor Gerard Kilroy issued by Ashgate Publishing. The publisher’s announcement mentions Waugh’s anticipation of such a scholarly work when he wrote what he … Continue reading
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Two Recent Waugh Books in Literary Review
A review of two recent books about Evelyn Waugh has become available on the internet, at least in part. The books are In the Picture by Donat Gallagher and Carlos Vilar Flor, both professors of English Literature, and Evelyn! A Rhapsody … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, World War II
Tagged Carlos Vilar Flor, Donat Gallagher, Duncan McLaren, Literary Review, Philip Eade
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Waugh Among Top “Conservative” Novelists
Literary historian and professor of British literature at Ghent University, Kate Macdonald, has published in the Guardian a list of what she considers the top 10 “conservative” novels. This is based in part on her recent book Novelists Against Social … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, World War II
Tagged Conservatism, Guardian, Kate Macdonald
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Waugh’s 1949 Minnesota Lecture
A newspaper article describing Waugh’s 1949 lecture at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been reprinted in full in the latest issue of Writing in the Margins (Spring 2015), the journal of the University’s English Department. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Lectures
Tagged 1949 Lecture Tour, G.K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Ronald Knox, University of St. Thomas, Writing in the Margins
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Naming Characters: Waugh and Fleming
In an article in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, Christopher Howse compares the practice of Ian Fleming and Evelyn Waugh to use the names of real persons as characters in their works: “There’s nowt so queer as names.” In Fleming’s James Bond novels, Howse cites … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Conferences, Mr. Loveday's Little Outing, Work Suspended
Tagged BBC, C.R.M.F. Cruttwell, Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph, Donat Gallagher, Ian Fleming
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Major Study of Waugh’s Post War Works to be Released This Week
Ashgate Publishing has announced the release later this week of a major study of Waugh’s later fiction. This is The Vocation of Evelyn Waugh: Faith and Art in the Post War Fiction. The book is by Marcel DeCoste, Associate Professor of English … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Love Among The Ruins, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Ashgate Publishing, Marcel Decoste, The Vocation of Evelyn Waugh
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“That Tipsy Don”: Sir Raymond Carr (1919-2015)
In an obituary last week, the Daily Telegraph announced the death of Sir Raymond Carr, Professor of History and Warden of St. Antony’s College at Oxford. His special area of study was Spain, and he is said to have been to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Letters, Miscellaneous
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Lady Mary Charteris, Sir Raymond Carr
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Complete Works of P. G. Wodehouse Completed
The final volume of the complete works of novelist P.G.Wodehouse has been issued. This brings to closure a 15 year project of publisher Everyman’s Library. For the first time all 99 of Wodehouse’s books are in print from a single … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Conferences, Events, Miscellaneous
Tagged Oxford University Press, P.G.Wodehouse, University of Leicester, Yorkshire Post
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