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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Guardian Imagines Literary Mash-up of Brideshead Revisited
In a recent issue of the Guardian, literary critic John Mullan has re-imagined several mash-ups of literary classics after the success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which made it to the best seller list in the U.S. and has now … Continue reading
Jacob Rees-Mogg Brideshead Fan, Up to a Point
The Daily Mail recently published a profile of Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. He is a leading Euro-skeptic and has been called The Honourable Member for the 18th Century as well as a back bench Bertie Wooster. He might also be … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged car safety, Daily Mail, Jacob Rees-Mogg
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Charles Ryder as Character Model
Charles Ryder from Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited appears as a character model in two recent articles. In a Roman Catholic newsblog (Catholicphilly.com) he is compared to the hero of a recent Hollywood religious film called Risen, based on the origins of … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenos Aires Herald, catholicphilly.com, Gorsky, Risen, The Great Gatsby, Vesna Goldsworthy
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Christopher Hitchens’ Last Words on Waugh
The latest New English Review contains a review of the posthumous collection of Christopher Hitchens’ essays entitled, And yet… While there are no essays or reviews devoted to the subject of Evelyn Waugh, he does get a mention: …one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, The Loved One
Tagged And Yet..., Christopher Hitchens, Edmund Wilson, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Guardian, New English Review, TLS
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Waugh and the Country House Revival
A recent article in Spear’s magazine by its editor-in-chief and founder William Cash deals with several subjects, including the revival of the country house. The magazine is devoted to asset/investment management and the good life and has been described as … Continue reading
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Tagged country house revival, Spear's magazine
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Former Easton Court Hotel Now Holiday Cottage Rental
One portion of the Easton Court Hotel, where Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited in February-June 1944, is now on offer as a self-catering holiday cottage. This is described on the website Trip Advisor: A thatched 16th century Devon Longhouse, full of … Continue reading
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Literary Guides Link Waugh and Madresfield
Two guide books to houses with literary associations have linked Evelyn Waugh to Madresfield Court in Worcestershire. That was the home of the Lygon family and inspired certain features of Brideshead Castle and the Flyte family in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Literary Guide Books, Madresfield Court, Nick Channer, Phyllis Richardson
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Waugh Novels Recommended on Valentine’s Day
The editors of The American Scholar put together a list of books for Valentine’s Day reading. The idea was to “celebrate the whole history of love—even the ugly bits—with these 14 novels of romance gone awry.” Among those selected was … Continue reading
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Tagged The American Scholar, Valentine's Day
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War, Peace and Brideshead
In yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, Harry Mount declares the recent BBC adaptation of War and Peace by Andrew Davies to be a failure. This is inevitable, he writes, when an attempt is made to compress a massive 19th Century novel, written originally in a foreign language, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Davies, BBC, Daily Telegraph, Harry mount, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Adapter of Brideshead Film Profiled in Independent
Andrew Davies, probably the most prominent adapter of books into TV series is profiled in a recent issue of the Independent newspaper. This article is inspired by his latest script which adapted Tolstoy’s War and Peace into a 6-hour series on … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Davies, BBC, Independent newspaper, War and Peace
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