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Tag Archives: The Critic
Another Look at Brideshead (More)
This editorial message appeared in a recent TLS. It relates to the subject of Eleanor’s Doughty’s article in The Critic that was discussed in a previous post. Here is the opening section from the TLS: Edith Wharton was buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Middlebury College, The Critic, TLS
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Another Look at Brideshead
Literary critic Eleanor Doughty has taken another look at Brideshead Revisited on the occasion of the book’s 75th anniversary and doesn’t particularly like what she finds. This essay is published in The Critic and is entitled: “A little too mature: In … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Eleanor Doughty, The Critic
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–Peter Quennell may be having a revival. Duncan McLaren (see previous post) has now been joined by A N Wilson in recounting his career. Wilson in a memoir posted by The Oldie discusses several first hand meetings he had with … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged A N Wilson, The Critic, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent (Ireland), The Oldie, TLS
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Wanted: Comic Novelists
Writing in the UK-based magazine The Critic, Alexander Larman bemoans the lack of comic novels in today’s literary marketplace. This is in an article entitled “Where is the Waugh or Wodehouse of our time? Comic writing: light distraction or social mirror?” … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Waugh Family
Tagged Alexander Larman, comic novels, The Critic
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George Steiner 1929-2020 R.I.P.
Literary critic and scholar George Steiner died last week in Cambridge, England at the age of 90. He is the latest eminent literary critic to pass away recently, starting with Harold Bloom in October and continuing with Samuel Hynes, Clive … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Dominic Green, George Steiner, New York Times, The Critic
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