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Category Archives: Complete Works
MLK Weekend Roundup
—The Tablet has posted an excerpt from Waugh’s novel Helena in recognition of both the Christmas season and the recent publication of that novel as the latest addition (vol. 11) to the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the introduction … Continue reading
“Helena” Memoir in The Tablet
The current issue of The Tablet has what is essentially a memoir by Sara Haslam of her experiences in editing Waugh’s novel Helena. The book was published earlier this month in the UK and will be published in early January … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Helena, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Harry Ransom Center, Oxford University Press, Sara Haslam, The Tablet
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Link to Virtual Book Launch of Helena
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has posted a recording of the virtual book launch last week for their edition of Helena. For those who missed the live version, here’s the link: https://lboro.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=44cc1f86-8d30-41a3-a6a3-ac71008f938b For a summary, see earlier post. … Continue reading
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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
Roundup: Baby Jungman, Proust, Japan and Zeppelins
–Mark McGinness has written an obituary of Desmond Guinness for the Australian literary magazine Quadrant. In this he adds another Waugh connection not mentioned in the English and Irish papers. See previous post. After his marriage to his first wife … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Complete Works, Diaries, Men at Arms, Newspapers
Tagged Desmond Guinness, Marcel Proust, Quadrant, Radio Times, Standpoint, Taichi Koyama, The Sinpapore Grip, WeaponsandWarfare.com
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Tourist in Africa OUP Volume Announced
The Oxford University Press has announced the publication of another new volume in its Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project. This is A Tourist in Africa (1960) and will be volume 25 in the series. Here’s the description from the OUP’s … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Academia, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh Society
Tagged Oxford University Press, Patrick R Query
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Caveat Lector
The Kenyon Review posts another article by writer Aatif Rashid about re-reading Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited: In a piece last month, I wrote about my admiration for Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. [See previous post.] But my experience reading it was actually more … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works
Tagged Aatif Rashid, Kenyon Review
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Helena Reviewed in Italian
The Italian religious news website Radio Spada has published a review of Waugh’s novel Helena. An Italian translation of the novel was published as Elena: la madre dell’imperatore in 2002, but this review is not related to that publication, aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged Luca Fumagalli, Radio Spada
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