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Category Archives: Academia
Sword of Honour Study in Sewanee Review
The U.S. based academic literary journal Sewanee Review (v. 123, No. 4, Fall 2015) has published an essay by Robert G. Walker entitled “The Rough-Hewn Patterns of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honor.” Although no abstract is available, some introductory material is reproduced. It begins with … Continue reading
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Tagged Robert G. Walker, Sewanee Review
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NYPL Marks Waugh’s Birthday
The New York Public Library has marked Evelyn Waugh’s upcoming birthday (28 October 1903) with an essay on The Loved One which also compares the Hollywood novels of other writers. The essay is by Meredith Mann who works in the library’s Collection … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood novel, New York Public Library
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged 1949 Lecture Tour, G.K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Ronald Knox, University of St. Thomas, Writing in the Margins
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