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Category Archives: Helena
Review of Helena in Roman Catholic Journal
The Roman Catholic online journal Crisis Magazine, published by the Sophia Institute Press, has posted a retrospective review of Waugh’s 1950 historical novel Helena, possibly his least read work of book-length fiction. The review is entitled “A Catholic Satirist at Work” … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Helena
Tagged Crisis magazine, Michael de Sapio
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Anne Ford and Helena
Booksellers Peter Harrington have on offer a post card from Evelyn Waugh to Anne Ford. The message relates to US publication of Waugh’s novel Helena in 1950. Here’s the text and description from Harrington’s internet catalogue: A postcard inscribed by … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Helena
Tagged Anne Ford, Little Brown & Co
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Waugh in the Blogosphere
Several bloggers, especially those with a religious theme, make fairly regular mentions of Waugh and his works. Yesterday, a blogger who specializes in Eastern Christianity posted a review of Waugh’s novel Helena on the day that the Church commemorates the Invention … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Catholicism, Helena, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged G.K. Chesterton, Weblogs
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Waugh Included in Catholic Book List
The editor of a nondenominational Christian online news site, The Christian Review, has compiled a list of what he considers the best 100 Catholic novels. These include novels published between 1827 and 2011 and are listed chronologically. The somewhat subjective … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Collections, Helena
Tagged 100 best catholic novels, The Christian Review
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50th Anniversary and Rex Mottram Feature on Weblogs
Mike T in his weblog Boats Against the Current added another article to the growing list of internet encomia on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. He makes an interesting comparison with other writers of a curmudgeonly type: … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Helena, The Holy Places
Tagged Boats Against the Current, National Catholic Register, Weblogs
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Waugh Anniversary Observed in Canada
A Canadian paper, the National Post, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death with an article by a Roman Catholic priest who teaches at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. This is Fr. Raymond de Souza. The article opens with a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Helena, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Fr. Raymond de Souza, National Post
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As if Written by Cicero
Gabriele Nicolo writing in today’s il Domani d’Italia offers Italian observations on the 50th Anniversary of Waugh’s death. Among the points made in the article are the following: –If Waugh had written in Latin, his work could have been passed off as … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Scoop
Tagged Gabriele Nicolo, il Domani d"Italia
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Helena on List of Recommended Historical Novels
A bookblog (mirabile dictu) has published its list of the 10 best literary and pop novels set in the ancient world. Waugh’s Helena makes the list at No. 6: Evelyn Waugh’s Helena (1950). Said to be the favorite of his books, … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Helena
Tagged Historical Novels, Terry Teachout
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Evelyn Waugh and the Resolute Old Lady
In an article in Crisis magazine, Professor Regis Martin from a Roman Catholic college in Ohio is reminded of Waugh as he conducts a group of his students around Europe. This occurs as they are about to visit a church in the outskirts of Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Helena, The Holy Places
Tagged Crisis magazine, Prof. Regis Martin
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Fitzroy Maclean Commemorated on St. Andrew’s Day
Fitzroy Maclean, Waugh’s commanding officer in Yugoslavia, was commemorated yesterday in an editorial on the Foreign and Colonial Office weblog. The occasion was St. Andrew’s Day. Maclean was, needless to say, Scottish. Here’s the opening paragraph: ‘A man of daring … Continue reading
Posted in Helena, Letters, World War II
Tagged Fitzroy Maclean, Foreign and Colonial Office
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