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Category Archives: Non-fiction
Evelyn Waugh’s Parthenon
A website called erenow (describing itself as a “large online library”) has posted portions of Mary Beard’s book The Parthenon (2010, revised). In the “Further Reading” section of her book, Professor Beard recommends Evelyn Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Labels
Tagged Erenow, Prof. Mary Beard, The Parthenon
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Tourist in Africa as Prophecy
A blogger has posted on the internet his 27-page article on Waugh’s final (and much neglected) travel book Tourist in Africa. This is Dr. Robert Hickson who sees in Waugh’s descriptions of 1959 East Africa (particularly those of Tanganyika and … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Articles
Tagged catholicism.org, Dr. Robert Hickson, East Africa
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La Stampa Joins in Waugh Commemoration
The Italian newspaper La Stampa, based in Turin, last week published an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death. This is by Paolo Bertinetti and is entitled “Evelyn Waugh, conservatore senza nulla da conservare” (“Conservative with nothing to preserve”). The … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Anniversaries, Articles, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Graham Greene, Italy, La Stampa, Paolo Bertinetti
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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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Scoop and The 1938 Club
A group of book bloggers has banded together to discuss books published in 1938.These happen twice a year and a previous session was devoted to 1924. This internet discussion on 1938 books will take place beginning today and continue until … Continue reading
Bloggers Note Waugh Anniversary
Several bloggers have noted the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death in postings referring to his written works or those by others about him. In Anecdotal Evidence, Patrick Kurp quotes from the article by Waugh’s youngest son Septimus Waugh that recently … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Remote People
Tagged Patrick Kurp, Paul K. Lyon, Stephanie A. Mann
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Survey of Waugh
The Catholic World Report has posted an article surveying Evelyn Waugh’s works from a Roman Catholic perspective. This is by Prof. Adam A.J. DeVille, St. Francis University, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and is written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Catholicism, Robbery Under Law
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