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Category Archives: Complete Works
Another Look at Penguin Hardbacks
A 2011 article from The London Magazine by Paul Williamson recently became available on the internet. This is his review of the first 8 volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s books as published by Penguin Books in that year. Penguin at that … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Complete Works
Tagged Paul Williamson, Penguin Books, The London Magazine
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OUP Announces New Waugh Volume
The Oxford University Press has announced a new volume in its ongoing Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh series. This will be CWEW Volume 10: The Loved One: An Anglo- American Tragedy. Its tentative UK release date is 23 April 2024 … Continue reading
New Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted
A new issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies, the Society’s journal, has been posted. This is vol 54.2 (Autumn 2023). Here is the summary by the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson: I write to provide you with Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.2 which I can … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh Studies
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Armistice Day Roundup
—The Spectator carries an article revealing renewed interest in the works of innovative novelist Ronald Firbank. This is by contemporary novelist Alan Hollinghurst and is inspired by the recent erection of a Blue Plaque commemorating Firbank’s residence at 33 Curzon … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Complete Works, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Andrew Wylie, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Ronald Firbank, The Guardian, The Spectator, TLS
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.1 (Spring 2023) Posted
The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been posted. Here is a summary of its contents from the Society’s secretary Jamie Collinson: It’s not often that someone finds a new angle into Waugh that yields genuine insight, … Continue reading
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Roundup: Mostly Books
–In Saturday’s Daily Telegraph politician and journalist Charles Moore sees connections between Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy and a new book by Daniel Finkelstein. Here are the opening paragraphs: I have just caught up with Daniel Finkelstein’s newish book … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Internet, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Julian Jebb, Murial Spark, Neglected Books Page, Paris Review, Viva King
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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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Complete Works Featured in TLS
A review of the four latest volumes in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh series is featured on the cover of this week’s TLS. This is written by literary critic Peter Parker and entitled “A Handful of Books: Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Robbery Under Law, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Oxford University Press, Peter Parker, TLS
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Book Launch in Oxford for “Handful” and “Campion”
Lincoln College, Oxford has announced an event for early next month. It is entitled “From Despair to Faith: Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust and Edmund Campion“. Here are the details: You are warmly invited to a discussion, with Clare … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Oxford
Tagged Gerard Kilroy, Henry Woudhuysen, Lincoln College
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90th Anniversary of Black Mischief Marked
A feature length article in the academic journal The Conversation marks the 90th anniversary this month of the publication of Waugh’s third novel Black Mischief. This is by Naomi Milthorpe who is also the editor of the Complete Works of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Complete Works
Tagged Naomi Mlthorpe, The Conversation
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