Category Archives: Academia

Book Clubs and Waugh

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

An article has been posted on the academic website TheConversation.com entitled “Book clubs and the Blitz: how WWII Britons kept calm and got reading.” This is by Nicola Wilson of the University of Reading. She explains the growth of book … Continue reading →

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Easter Roundup: Reading Waugh in a Time of Self-Isolation

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–An article in National Review relates mainly to Alessandro Manzoni’s 1840 novel in Italian The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi). This is by M D Aeschliman who explains the popularity of the 700 page work among his University of Virginia students … Continue reading →

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Acedemic Roundup: Spring 2020

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The journal The University Scholar published by the University of Dallas, has included an essay on Waugh in its Fall 2019 issue (v. XX, No. 1, p. 48). Ā This is entitled “An Animalistic Death Cult: Materialism and Religiosity in Evelyn … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, d. 10 April 1966, R.I.P.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Today is the 54th anniversary of the death of Evelyn Waugh. His death occurred on what was Easter Sunday, and he had attended Mass earlier in the day. He died after returning to his home in Combe Florey and is … Continue reading →

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Pre-Easter Roundup

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Roger Lewis has posted another reading list for the current epidemic. This is in the Daily Mail and is entitled “Keep laughing and read on.” Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop is among those recommended: William Boot, who contributes nature columns on … Continue reading →

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Anthropologist at the Hypocrites Club

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

A new book surveys the professional career of E E Evans-Pritchard, a noted anthropologist who made his reputation with studies of Sudanese cultures. This biography is entitled The Anthropological Lens: A Dandy Among the Azande and is written by Christopher … Continue reading →

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Sword of Honour Re-examined

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of the literary magazine Raritan Quarterly (Winter 2020, v. 39, #3) includes an article by Andrew J Bacevich about Waugh’s war trilogy. This is entitled “My Guy”, giving some indication that Bacevich finds himself in agreement with … Continue reading →

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Group ’27

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Spanish novelist and critic Jose Joaquin Bermudez Olivares posting on the Spanish literary websiteĀ Todo Literatura has nominated a generation of English writers as Group ’27. He refers to a group of Spanish writers with a similar denomination, although their relevance … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Credo Magazine

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of the online quarterly religious journal Credo Magazine is devoted to the theme The Truth Inside the Lie: Theology through Fiction. Several novels are discussed in some detail. One of these is Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited which is … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Pre-Raphaelites at Yale

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The New Criterion’s website has posted an article about an exhibit at the Yale Center for British ArtĀ entitled “Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movementā€. The article is written by Stephen Schmalhofer and opens with this: … Continue reading →

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