Tag Archives: T S Eliot

Roundup: “The Waste Land” Centenary

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

–The centenary of T S Eliot’s The Waste Land has been marked in several print and broadcast media. The Washington Post notes the poem’s appearance in Brideshead Revisited: First published in theĀ inaugural October 1922 issueĀ of Eliotā€™s literary magazine, the Criterion, … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Whigs, Scribblers, Converts and Teddy Bears

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a recentĀ Wall Street Journal there is a review of a new book by Jeremy Black Ā entitled Charting the Past. This is a consideration of English history as described by historians of the 18th Century. It begins with this quote … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh and “The Waste Land”

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian has named T S Eliot’s “The Waste Land” as its latest selection in its 100 bestĀ non-fiction books. See earlier post. Once again Evelyn Waugh is mentioned in connection with the selection: The Great War was a mass slaughter. … Continue reading →

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