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Category Archives: Complete Works
Complete Works Project Seek Help
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Project at the University of Leicester seek help to identify copyright holders of certain letters received by Evelyn Waugh from various writers for permissions to publish such letters in future volumes of their Personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Copyright, University of Leicester
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Roundup: Public Schools, Pronunciation and Epigraphs
–The Daily Telegraph has an essay by Rupert Christiansen reviewing the English obsession with Public Schools. This begins with a consideration of several novels, films and stage plays that center on the miserable lives suffered by both students and teachers … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Guardian, New Statesman, Rev Sydney Smith, The Literary Hub
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Waugh’s Travel Writing
Biographer Jeffrey Meyers has written another in his series of articles about British travel writers in The Article, an online magazine. Waugh was prominently mentioned in two previous articles–those dealing with Robert Byron and Wilfred Thesiger. These are described in … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged British Guiana, Jeffrey Meyers, The Article
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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
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works, Helena, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Copyright Law, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Oldie, The Tablet, William Carey University
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“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
