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Category Archives: Books about Evelyn Waugh
Alec Waugh Features in New Book
Alec Waugh prominently appears in a recently published book entitled Wild Bird:The True Jazz Age Tale of Ruth Wrightman Morris. The subject of this book is the “Ruth,” whose name is otherwise undisclosed and who populates most of the final chapters of volume one of his … Continue reading
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Tagged "Wild Bird", John Greenwald, Ruth Wrightman Morris, The Beach Reporter
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“Prose Factory” in Paperback
The Times has selected D J Taylor’s The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England since 1918 as one of its paperback picks of the week: Evelyn Waugh noted in his diary: “After dinner I went to the Savoy Theatre and said, ‘I … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, The Times newspaper
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Jesuit Journal Reviews Eade Biography
The current issue of America magazine, the journal of the Jesuit order in the US, reviews Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh. The review is by David Leigh and is not a favorable one: Any biographer of Evelyn Waugh (1903–66) … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Catholicism, Complete Works, Newspapers
Tagged America: The Jesuit Review, David Leigh, Philip Eade
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NYRB Reviews Eade Biography
The current issue of the New York Review of Books has a review of Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh. This is by John Banville and is entitled “The Strange Genius of the Master.” Banville also named Eade’s book as … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Edmund Campion, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Garry Wills, John Banville, NYRB, Philip Eade, Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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William H Pritchard Reviews New Waugh Books
Noted US literary critic William H Pritchard has reviewed the two new books about Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade and Ann Pasternak Slater. The article entitled “Evelyn Waugh Revisited” is published in the current issue of The Hudson Review. Prof Pritchard has … Continue reading
Waugh Scholar Praises Eade Biography
Profesor Donat Gallagher, one of the leading Waugh scholars and a member of the Waugh Society, has reviewed Philip Eade’s biography of Waugh. The review appears in the weekend edition of The Australian. Prof Gallagher certainly liked the book and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers
Tagged Donat Gallagher, Philip Eade, The Australian newspaper
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Eade Biography (More)
Writer and critic Martin Rubin has reviewed Philip Eade’s biography in the Washington Times: Although there have been several other excellent biographies of Evelyn Waugh, this is perhaps the most penetrating and insightful one to date. Part of this is because of … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Martin Rubin, Philip Eade, Washington Times
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Waugh for the Holidays (More)
The latest issue of the New Yorker magazine has included Philip Eade’s biography in its “Briefly Noted” column: This crowded, witty biography follows Waugh from the ancestral home in Somerset (“The only bathroom featured a stuffed monkey that had, improbably, … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward St. Aubyn, Guardian, New Yorker, Paul Ham, Sarah Waters, Sydney Morning Herald
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Waugh for the Holidays
As the holidays approach, the media are gathering their year end collections of journalistic musings on 2016. Several of these implicate Evelyn Waugh or his writings. In the Daily Express, comedian Ruby Wax names a Waugh novel as one of her … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Daily Express, Danny Morrison, Irish Echo, Philip Eade, Ruby Wax, TES, TLS
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Latest Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted on Website
The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (No. 47.2, Autumn 2016) is posted on the website. Here are the contents: ARTICLES Grace Stevens, Unnatural Narratology and the Tiresian Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited David Bittner, The “Vanbrugh Brouhaha” … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Anthony Blanche, Bryony Lavery, Evelyn Waugh Studies Autumn 2016, Philip Eade, Vanbrugh
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