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Another Inez Holden Reprint
The Herald (Glasgow) has a review of another reprint of a book by Waugh’s early literary friend Inez Holden. This is entitled There’s No Story There (1944) and is reviewed by Malcolm Forbes. Here are the opening paragraphs: Inez Holden … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers
Tagged Handheld Press, Inez Holden, The Herald (Glasgow)
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Waugh-Themed Academic Papers
–On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, Yuexi Liu, Assistant Professor of English at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University will make a presentation on the subject: “Narrating Difficult Histories: (Inter)Wartime Border Crossing in Hemingway, Waugh, and Isherwood.” Here’s a summary from the notice: The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Film, Lectures, Vile Bodies
Tagged Cara L Lewis, Yuexi Liu
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Profile in Hatred: Evelyn Waugh and Robert Byron
Biographer and literary critic Jeffrey Meyers has written a biographical profile of travel writer Robert Byron, with particular reference to the mutual hate – love – hate relationship between Byron and Evelyn Waugh. This appears in the online journal The … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers
Tagged Jeffrey Meyers, Robert Byron, The Article
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Pinfold’s Voices
Yuexi Liu has written an essay on Waugh’s 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This is included in the latest issue of Modernist Cultures (No. 15/2, 2020) published by the Edinburgh University Press. Here is the abstract: Waugh’s last … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Modernist Cultures, Thornfield Hall, Yuexi Liu
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A Biography and A Portrait
–Waugh scholar and EW Society member Ann Pasternak Slater has written a new book relating to a writer Waugh admired but knew only slightly. This is a biography of T S Eliot’s wife Vivien. The book is reviewed by Brian … Continue reading
Virtual Book Launch for Helena
The Oxford University Press and Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project have announced a virtual book launch for the publication of Helena. The book (volume 11 of the Complete Works) will be published next month in the UK, with North … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh Society, Events, Helena
Tagged Book Launch, Oxford University Press
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“92 Days” Complete Works Edition Announced
The Oxford University Press has announced the UK publication date for its definitive edition of Waugh’s 1934 travel book Ninety-Two Days. This will appear in the UK on 25 February 2021, the same UK publication date as the previously-announced A … Continue reading