Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Jonathan Keates on Great Letter Writers

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The writer Jonathan Keates, interviewed by The Browser for their splendid FiveBooks series, selects Evelyn Waugh as one of his "great letter writers." The thing about Evelyn Waugh is that you must take everything with a pinch of salt. Because … Continue reading →

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A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

St. Augustine's Press is publishing in October a new edition of A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes, a collection of letters between Evelyn Waugh and John Cardinal Heenan concerning the liturgical changes introduced … Continue reading →

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Paul Johnson on the life and works of the young Waugh

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In The Spectator, Paul Johnson examines the life and works of the young Evelyn Waugh: Evelyn Waugh died, aged 62, in 1966, and his reputation has risen steadily ever since. His status as the finest English prose-writer of the 20th … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisited adapted for the stage

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

A dramatic adaptation by Christina Drollas of Brideshead Revisited opens at the Corpus Christi College Auditorium in Oxford on Tuesday, June 14th. Tickets. Sarah Gashi provides a preview in The Oxford Student.

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Essays solicited on controversial theology in fiction

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Professor Marc DiPaolo of Okalahoma City University is compiling a book of essays on controversial theology in fiction. He would like to include an essay on Brideshead Revisited, as well as essays on Graham Greene, C. S. Lewis, G. B. … Continue reading →

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Osbert Sitwell’s inscribed copy of Decline and Fall for sale

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

England's Colchester Bookshop is offering for sale a copy of Decline and Fall inscribed to Osbert Sitwell. From the listing at AbeBooks.com: An exceptional association and presentation copy from the very beginning of Evelyn Waugh's career as an author, dated … Continue reading →

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New Waugh Penguins coming in 2011

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Penguin UK's 2011 publication schedule includes seventeen books by Evelyn Waugh, all hardbacks except for The Complete Short Stories, which will be in paperback. May: A Handful of Dust, Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Labels, Ninety-Two Days, Remote People, Rossetti, … Continue reading →

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New Evelyn Waugh biography

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Beautiful Books will be publishing in September a new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Duncan McLaren, Evelyn!: Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love. From the publisher's website: Duncan McLaren, the acclaimed biographer of Enid Blyton, here turns his attention to Evelyn … Continue reading →

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The cult of Brideshead among Oxbridge students

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

"Brideshead Regurgiated: Is the cult of Brideshead among Cantabridgians harmless fun, or does it conceal a regressive social agenda?" [Daniel Janes, The Cambridge Student]

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Waugh-related items in Bonham’s sale, March 29th

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The Bonham's auction Papers & Portraits: The Roy Davids Collection Part II, to be held on March 29th, includes three lots related to Evelyn Waugh: two photographic portraits (lots 245 and 246), and an unpublished letter (lot 247). Viewing dates … Continue reading →

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