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Category Archives: The Loved One
Oxford to Offer Waugh Seminar
The Oxford University Department of Continuing Education has announced a one-week seminar next summer on the topic Evelyn Waugh: Beyond Brideshead. The theme is explained in the announcement which was posted yesterday: Since his death 50 years ago, Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Waugh Novel in Psychology Today Top 100
Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One was selected for inclusion in Psychology Today’s list of the top 100 novels everyone should read. The list was compiled by an Eng. Lit. professor at the University of Connecticut who has been assigning … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, The Loved One
Tagged Psychology Today, Top 100 Novels
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Billy Wilder, Sunset Blvd, and The Loved One
An article posted on the MyInform.com news blog reviews the history of the classic 1950 Hollywood film Sunset Boulevard, written and directed by Billy Wilder. The author of the article, which appears to be generally well written and researched, is identified … Continue reading
Literary and Media Celebrities Cite Waugh’s Influence
In the past few days several celebrities from various media have stated in interviews that they had been influenced by the writings of Evelyn Waugh. In an interview by the book website Goodreads, US novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) had the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Interviews, The Loved One
Tagged Andi Petrillo, CBC, Goodreads, Jay McInerney, Laurie Graham
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US Edition of Waugh Biography Previewed
The US edition of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade has been previewed in the current issue of Kirkus Reviews. This publication is based on advance galley proofs, and is intended for use by those in the … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, The Loved One
Tagged Kirkus Reviews, Philip Eade, Publishers Weekly
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A Recent Visit to “Whispering Glades”
In this week’s LA Weekly, an alternative newspaper distributed in the Los Angeles region, there is a humorous description of a recent visit to Forest Lawn Cemetery by artist and illustrator Tony Mostrom. He begins with references to the negativity expressed … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Conferences, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Forest Lawn Cemetery, LA Weekly, Tony Mostrom
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BBC Radio 4 Broadcast Concluded
BBC Radio 4 today broadcast the final episode of the reading of excerpts from Philip Eade’s biography of Waugh as its Book of the Week. The programs will remain available over the internet on BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks. The material … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Radio Programs, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Nicholas Grace, Philip Eade
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Russian Radio Dramatization of The Loved One
A Russian radio dramatization of The Loved One (Nezabvennaia) has been posted on YouTube. The entire production plays for nearly 4 hours, but it was apparently broadcast in shorter episodes earlier this year. It was produced by Teatr Radio Rossii … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Radio, Radio Programs, The Loved One, Twitter
Tagged Radio Theater of Russia, YouTube
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Satirical Novels Listed on Interactive Rating Site
The interactive rating site Ranker has started a list of the best satirical novels. So far, there are four of Waugh’s novels on the list: Decline and Fall, The Loved One, Scoop and A Handful of Dust (in descending order of rank) . There … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Decline and Fall, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Ranker, Satirical Novels
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Waugh and the Hollywood Novel
A feature length article in this week’s Los Angeles Review of Books is entitled “In Search of the Great Hollywood Novel.” This is by Graham Daseler who begins by wondering why there is no genre for Washington novels but then … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, The Loved One
Tagged C. Aubrey Smith, Graham Daseler, Los Angeles Review of Books
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