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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh Society
Latest Evelyn Waugh Studies Available
The latest issue of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been issued. This is No. 48.1 (Spring 2017) and is available at this link. The contents are set out below: ARTICLES Et in Chatsworth Ego? by Peter J. Comerford Guy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Television, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Ann Pastrnak Slater, Elizabeth Bowen, Nicolas Poussin, Peter J Comerford, Robert Murray Davis
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Et in Arcadia Ego (More)
The Latin phrase that Waugh used for the first chapter of Brideshead Revisited (“Et in Arcadio Ego”) was mentioned in a recent post in connection with Paul Theroux’s humorous allusion to it in his recent novel Mother Land. Since that was … Continue reading
Commonweal Marks J F Powers Centenary
The Roman Catholic literary magazine Commonweal has marked the centenary of novelist J F Powers birth with an article on Powers’ career entitled “His Bleak Materials” by biographer and critic Jeffrey Meyers. The article begins with Meyers’ memoir of a 1981 … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Anniversaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Commonweal, J F Powers, Jeffrey Meyers
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2017 John H. Wilson Jr. Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
Essays by undergraduates on the life and work of Evelyn Waugh are solicited for the 2017 John H. Wilson Jr. Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by Evelyn Waugh Studies, the journal of the Evelyn Waugh Society, … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Undergraduate Essay Contest
Tagged John H. Wilson Jr.
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Latest Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted on Website
The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (Vol 47 No. 3, Winter 2016) is now posted on the website. It includes an article entitled “Guy’s Deleted Nippers, Part I: The Unending Story of the Ending of Unconditional … Continue reading
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Waugh Conference Details Announced
Details have been announced of the Evelyn Waugh conference to be held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California in the spring. Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector will take place on May 5 & 6 (Fri. & Sat.) to … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Society, Events
Tagged Huntington Library
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News Bomb
As the concern over fake news spreads, an online newspaper in Chile has joined others in recommending Waugh’s Scoop. See earlier posts. This appears in a column “VerComeryLeer [SeeEatRead]” by Miguel Ortiz in the digital journal El Definido: We are being … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged El Definido, Fake News, Noticia Bomba
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Alexander Chancellor (1940-2017): Savior of The Spectator
Journalist and editor Alexander Chancellor has died at the age of 77. He is probably best known as the man who saved the Spectator. He became editor at a low point in 1975 and remained for 9 years during which the magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Alexander Chancellor, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator
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