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Tag Archives: Literary Review
Waugh and “Mrs Bluefeet” in New Book
The latest Literary Review has an essay by novelist and literary critic D J Taylor about what he calls “biographer’s luck”. The was inspired by his latest biography to be published next month in the UK. An American edition entitled The … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Horizon, Janetta Parladé, Literary Review
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Auberon (More)
The Oldie magazine continues its reposting of Auberon Waugh’s “Rage” columns from its early issues. The latest relates to his thoughts on “Yoof” culture of the 1990s. Here’s a sample: Nothing will be solved by giving them more money, nor … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Christopher Hart, Literary Review, The Oldie
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D J Taylor Reviews the Complete Works
In the current issue of Literary Review, literary critic and novelist D J Taylor reviews the first four volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s Complete Works. The review, entitled “Author of Himself”, manages to be at the same time thorough, scholarly and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Interviews, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged D.J.Taylor, George Orwell, Literary Review
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Anthony Blanche and Patrick Leigh Fermor
The current Literary Review carries a review by Harry Mount of the collected letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor. These were just published in the UK under the title Dashing for the Post. Among Leigh Fermor’s correspondents were several of Waugh’s close … Continue reading
Posted in Letters
Tagged Harry mount, Literary Review, Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Eade Biography in Literary Review
Ian Sansom, novelist and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick, has reviewed the new Waugh biography in the current Literary Review. He is a bit more upbeat than some of the earlier reviewers: Unexpectedly, yet … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Ian Sansom, Literary Review, Philip Eade
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Two Recent Waugh Books in Literary Review
A review of two recent books about Evelyn Waugh has become available on the internet, at least in part. The books are In the Picture by Donat Gallagher and Carlos Vilar Flor, both professors of English Literature, and Evelyn! A Rhapsody … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, World War II
Tagged Carlos Vilar Flor, Donat Gallagher, Duncan McLaren, Literary Review, Philip Eade
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Memoir of Lord Berners’ Menage is Published
A memoir of the residents of Lord Berners’ Faringdon House estate in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) has been written by the granddaughter of one (or possibly two) of them. This is The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me , … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Miscellaneous
Tagged Literary Review, Lord Berners, Robert Heber-Percy, Sofka Zinovieff
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