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Category Archives: Catholicism
MLK Day Roundup
–The US-based Jesuit journal America has an article in its latest issue describing the differences and similarities of conversions to Roman Catholicism by writers and intellectuals in the US and UK. It opens with the UK example of Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading
Roundup: Cousins, Catholics, Allegories and Adaptations
–The London Review of Books has posted a review by Neal Acherson of the new biography of Claude Cockburn by his son Patrick. This in mentioned in a previous post and is entitled “Believe Nothing Until It Has Been Officially … Continue reading
2023 Academic Papers
The following academic papers with Evelyn Waugh in their titles appeared during calendar 2023. Abstracts have been included where available: –Victoria Fernandez Ruiz, “Metaphorical value in the metaphor of conversion: The sacred and profane memories of Capt. Charles Ryder in … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Love Among The Ruins, Sword of Honour
Tagged Harold Acton
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Roundup: Schoolmaster Novelists
–Literary biographer Jeffrey Meyers writing in TheArticle.com describes the early 20th Century school teaching careers of four English novelists. Here are the opening paragraphs: Aspiring writers have often tried their hand at teaching. They have usually assumed that it would … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Podcast, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged American Spectator, EvergreenPodcast, Irish Examiner, Jeffrey Meyers, The Article
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75th Anniversary of “American Epoch” Commemorated
Kenneth Craycraft writing in the religious journal Our Sunday Visitor notes that this year is the 75th anniversary of the publication of Waugh’s article in Life Magazine (19 September 1949) entitled “The American Epoch of the Catholic Church.” This followed … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Kenneth Crayvraft, Life Magazine, Our Sunday Visitor
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Editing Merton
The Jesuit magazine America has posted a brief retrospective article describing Robert Giroux’s early professional coup with his 1948 publication of Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain. This is written by James T Keane. Evelyn Waugh played a part in the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged America: The Jesuit Review, Elected Silence, Robert Giroux, Thomas Merton
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Roundup: Anniversaries, Flemings and Nature Writing
–A feature length article in the religious journal Crisis Magazine marks the anniversary of Waugh’s conversion to Roman Catholicism on 29 September 1930. This is written by S A McCarthy and entitled “The Curmudgeonly Catholic: Three Life Lessons from Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Ninety-Two Days, Scoop
Tagged Christie's, Crisis magazine, Financial Times, Ian Fleming, Sydney Morning Herald, The Spectator, The Times newspaper
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Midsummer Roundup
—The Article has a detailed review of the recent CWEW edition of A Handful of Dust. This is by literary biographer and critic Jeffrey Meyers who has written several articles about Waugh in the last few years. Meyers opens his … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Collections, Complete Works, Helena, Sword of Honour
Tagged Academic Accelerator, Catholic World Report, Jeffrey Meyers, Lit Hub, The Article
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Bastille Day Roundup
—Architectural Review has reposted its June 1930 article by Evelyn Waugh about the buildings of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. Some of this was included in Waugh’s contemporaneous travel book Labels, but the magazine article appears to be more fully illustrated. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Architectural Review, Crisis magazine, Mojo magazine, Neil Tennant, Spanish Civil War, Time magazine
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Daylight Savings (UK) Roundup: Pre-Raphaelites at the Tate Britain
–Tate Britain has mounted a major exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite painting of and by Elizabeth Siddal. This is described in an article by Iona McLaren in the Daily Telegraph: For modern readers, accustomed to the legend of Siddal as the “meek, unconscious dove” … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Scoop
Tagged Pre-Raphaelites, Tate Britain, The Catholic Weekly, The Daily Telegraph, The London Magazine, The Namibian, The Times
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