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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh Society
D. J. Taylor Explores Literary Reputations
In today’s Guardian (May 10, 2014), critic and novelist D.J. Taylor discusses the survival of literary reputations: Literary Hero to Zero. Later in the day, he presented a broadcast on BBC Radio 4 entitled Pulped Fiction, containing interviews, archival recordings … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Documentaries, Evelyn Waugh Society, Festivals, Interviews, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, D.J.Taylor, David Lodge, Guardian, Literary Reputations
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Huntington Library acquires major Waugh collection
The Huntington Library in San Marino, California (12 miles west of Los Angeles) has announced the acquisition of a major collection of rare editions and manuscripts of Evelyn Waugh. The collection, consisting of some 250 books and 135 letters and … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, First Editions, Letters, Manuscripts, Ninety-Two Days, The Loved One
Tagged Anthony Powell, Diana Cooper, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Loren and Frances Rothschild, Pope John XXIII
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Deadline approaches for the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest!
The deadline for the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest is Dec. 31. Essays by undergraduates on any aspect of the life or work of Evelyn Waugh are solicited for the contest, which will be judged by the editorial board of … Continue reading
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2013 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
Essays by undergraduates on any aspect of the life and work of Evelyn Waugh are solicited for the Ninth Annual Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by Evelyn Waugh Studies, whose editorial board will judge the submissions. … Continue reading
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Autumn 2013 issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies published
The Autumn 2013 issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published and is available in PDF format here.
Posted in Evelyn Waugh Society, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Journal, Newsletter
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Lost Evelyn Waugh letters reveal thwarted love for ‘bright young thing’
From the Guardian: She was known as Teresa “Baby” Jungman, a beauty among the bohemian “bright young things” of 1920s English society, whose high-class hedonism inspired Evelyn Waugh to write Vile Bodies. She was also the unrequited love of Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Letters
Tagged Guardian, Teresa Jungman
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Winner announced of 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
The Evelyn Waugh Society is pleased to announce the winner of the seventh (2011) annual Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. Congratulations to Robert Sherron, whose essay “Guy’s Qualitative Journey towards True Vocation in Sword of Honour” was judged to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Robert Sherron
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Evelyn Waugh’s recipe for mulled claret
The following item was published in the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Winter 1972). Waugh’s Mulled Claret Francis O. Mattson “It was shortly before midnight in early March; I had been entertaining the college intellectuals to mulled claret; … Continue reading
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Tagged Francis O. Mattson, mulled claret, recipes
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Evelyn Waugh Forums now live
A threaded discussion capability has been added to this website. Commonly known as an Internet forum or message board, this feature permits people to hold conversations in the form of posted messages about a subject of common interest. The Evelyn … Continue reading
Derek Granger and friends discuss TV Brideshead in London on Oct. 27th
Derek Granger, producer and (something that was unknown until recently) one of the writers of the highly regarded 1981 Granada Television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, will be appearing with cast members at the Rayne Theatre (Chickenshed) in Southgate, London on Thurs. Oct. … Continue reading
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