Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh Society

New Study of Waugh’s Satire Published

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Naomi Milthorpe, well known to Waugh Society members, has written a study of Waugh’s works entitled Evelyn Waugh’s Satire: Texts and Contexts. The book was published last month and is described in the publisher’s announcement as offering: … new exegetical accounts of the … Continue reading →

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Waugh Conference Announced at Huntington Library

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Dr Steve Hindle, Director of Research at the Huntington Library, has announced a conference on the theme Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector. The conference will be held at the Huntington Library near Pasadena, California on 5-6 May 2017. It will … Continue reading →

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Vile Bodies and Aladdin Sane (More)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh biographer and blogger Duncan McLaren has posted a thought-provoking article on the influence of Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies on David Bowie’s composition of Aladdin Sane. See earlier posts. McLaren reimagines Bowie’s work against the backdrop of the parties he attended on his … Continue reading →

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Waughs in Magazines

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two recent magazine articles are devoted to Waughs. The current issue of the Tablet contains an article entitled “Scoop revisited.” This is by critic and novelist D.J. Taylor and relates to the 1960 BBC Face-to-Face TV interview that was recently rebroadcast on the … Continue reading →

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A Little More Learning

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Dr. Barbara Cooke, Research Associate at the University of Leicester for the Complete Works of Waugh project and editor of the volume containing Waugh’s autobiography A Little Learning has posted an article about how Waugh’s life at Oxford is reflected in that work. … Continue reading →

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University of Texas Announces Final Details of Waugh Panel

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Faculty Seminar on British Studies and the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas-Austin will host a panel this Friday on the topic “Evelyn Waugh: His Visits to the United States.” The panel will consist of Martin Stannard and Barbara … Continue reading →

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David Lodge Interviewed on BBC Radio 4

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

On today’s episode of the BBC Radio 4 program Open Book, Mariella Frostrup interviews the Evelyn Waugh Society’s Honorary President, David Lodge, about his recently published memoir. Among the topics they discuss is Lodge’s status as a Roman Catholic writer. … Continue reading →

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Memoir of EWS’s Honorary President Published

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

David Lodge, the Society’s Honorary President, has written the first volume of his memoirs. This was published in the UK this week under the title Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir, 1935-1975. An international edition is promised … Continue reading →

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John Howard Wilson, Jr. PhD (1961-2014)

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

It is with great sadness that the Evelyn Waugh Society announces the death on 11 December in Erie, Pennsylvania of our founder and renowned Waugh scholar, Dr. John Howard Wilson, Jr. He was 53. An obituary of Dr. Wilson by … Continue reading →

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Entire Back-catalogue of Evelyn Waugh Newsletter/Studies Now Available Online

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In a major development in the field of Evelyn Waugh scholarship, the entire back-catalogue of the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter/Studies has been made available through the University of Leicester Special Collections Online. The Evelyn Waugh Studies Collection comprises searchable complete runs … Continue reading →

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