Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Great Parties and Rock Concerts in Literature

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A non-profit organization called Electric Literature, which supports writers and promotes literature, is holding its 2nd annual Genre Ball next week in New York City. In a promotional posting, they name what they deem to be the 11 greatest parties … Continue reading →

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Henry Green (More)

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

There has been more activity on the internet relating to the Henry Green revival. See earlier post. A blogger posting on cakesordeathsite.com has written a three-part article with illustrations that surveys most of Green’s books. He makes an interesting comparison with one … Continue reading →

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Penguin UK Publish New Brideshead Hardback

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Penguin UK is selling a new hardback edition of Brideshead Revisited that was published last week. This is in their Penguin Classics series but has a dust wrapper that differs from the uniform hardback Penguin Classics edition of Waugh’s books … Continue reading →

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Mixed Results for Waugh in Imaginary Booker Prize Competitions

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The results are in from the competition at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to determine which book would have won the Booker prize for the year 1945 had there been one. Brideshead Revisited was on the shortlist and its case was … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited in Press Interviews

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Several recent unrelated newspaper interviews mention Evelyn Waugh in the context of the careers of those interviewed. In the Catholic Herald, historical novelist Robert Harris talks about his latest novel Conclave. This has as its setting the selection of a Pope. The … Continue reading →

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Anne Ford and Helena

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Waugh Quoted in Times Article on Brexit

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times for 11 October carries an article castigating those members of the Conservative Party who are now backing away from the anti-immigrant groundswell that carried the day for the Leave faction who led the campaign for Brexit. The unsigned … Continue reading →

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US Edition of New Waugh Biography Issued

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The website of booksellers Barnes & Noble is quick off the mark to issue a review of the US edition of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade which is published this week. This is by Katherine Powers who writes … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, Henry Green and Terry Southern

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of the New Yorker, there is an interesting article (“The Novelist of Human Unknowability”) about Henry Green written by London-based literary critic Leo Robson. The article is built around the friendship between Green and US writer Terry … Continue reading →

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Anthony Burgess Society to Convene Centenary Conference

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Anthony Burgess Society has announced a conference next year to mark the centenary of the novelist and critic to whom their organization is dedicated. The conference will be held on 3-5 July 2017 in Manchester, which was Burgess’s home … Continue reading →

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