Category Archives: Academia

Academic Article on Waugh’s Book Collection

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

The University of Southern California has posted an illustrated copy of Naomi Milthorpe’s 2016 article “A Secret House: Evelyn Waugh’s Book Collection”. Naomi teaches at the University of Tasmania and is a longtime member of the Evelyn Waugh Society. This … Continue reading →

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Pre-Raphaelite Exhibit at the Tate Britain (More)

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

An article in The Times reviews the upcoming exhibit of the Rossettis. (See previous post.) This is by Laura Freeman who cites Waugh’s earliest published work. Here’s excerpt from the beginning paragraphs: …I’m not alone in my pre-Raphaelite prejudice. Evelyn … Continue reading →

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April Fool’s Day Roundup

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The academic journal Shakespeare has announced the acceptance for publication of an article by Barbara Cooke entitled “Waugh’s green world: Reconceptualising The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold as a transcoded production of King Lear”. Dr Cooke is co-executive editor of the … Continue reading →

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Daylight Savings (UK) Roundup: Pre-Raphaelites at the Tate Britain

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–Tate Britain has mounted a major exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite painting of and by Elizabeth Siddal. This is described in an article by Iona McLaren in the Daily Telegraph: For modern readers, accustomed to the legend of Siddal as the “meek, unconscious dove” … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Country Houses and Leisurely Lunches

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–An essay entitled “‘The Ancient Lore’ of Brideshead Revisited” written by Ianto Fox has been posted on the internet. Here’s an excerpt from the author’s description of its content: Nearly all commentary on Brideshead over the years has focused on the … Continue reading →

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Book Launch in Oxford for “Handful” and “Campion”

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

Lincoln College, Oxford has announced an event for early next month. It is entitled “From Despair to Faith: Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust and Edmund Campion“.  Here are the details: You are warmly invited to a discussion, with Clare … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Intermodernism

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

An academic article entitled “Intermodernism and the Ethics of Lateness in Evelyn Waugh and Harold Acton” and published in English Studies, v. 103, Number 6 (2022) has been posted on the internet. This is written by Allan Killner-Johnson, University of … Continue reading →

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Waugh at Hertford

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

Hertford College, Oxford has posted on YouTube an excerpt from a recent presentation at the college to a group of its alumni assembled in the college chapel. The excerpt is the opening of the presentation by the college Principal, Tom … Continue reading →

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90th Anniversary of Black Mischief Marked

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

A feature length article in the academic journal The Conversation marks the 90th anniversary this month of the publication of Waugh’s third novel Black Mischief. This is by Naomi Milthorpe who is also the editor of the Complete Works of … Continue reading →

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Orwell News

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

George Orwell was born the same year as Evelyn Waugh and they became acquainted  in the late 1940s shortly before Orwell’s death. They admired each other’s writing but had different political and religious views (although both agreed in their opposition … Continue reading →

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