Tag Archives: The New Criterion

‘The Loved One’ Remembered

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

The New Criterion magazine has posted an essay on the writing, publication and history of Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One.  This is by John P Rossi who is Professor Emeritus of History at La Salle University in Philadelphia. While … Continue reading →

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Stephen Tennant: Underachieving Novelist

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The publicity surrounding the shuttered Cecil Beaton exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (see earlier posts) has apparently stirred up interest in Beaton’s friend and sometime collaborator Stephen Tennant. The Paris Review has posted an article reviewing Tennant’s career, with … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day/Late-May Bank Holiday Roundup

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a recent two-part article on the non-denominational religious website Patheos.com, the morality of the nuclear bombing of Japan is reconsidered. The article is made up of a collection of the views expressed on the moral and religious issues arising … Continue reading →

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“The Waugh Effort” in The New Criterion

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Dominic Green has written an essay reviewing Evelyn Waugh’s military career. This is entitled “The Waugh effort” and appears in the current issue of The New Criterion. As one would expect, Green relies on Waugh’s Diaries, his novel Sword of … Continue reading →

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Early September Roundup

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

There is a diverse field of material covered in this latest roundup gathered from the last two weeks: —Quadrant Magazine, an Australian cultural journal, carries on its website a droll pleading (tongue lodged in cheek) from Tony Thomas that Decline … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Orphans and Entrecote

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s roundup relates mostly to books and book reviews: –In reviewing the book Orphans: A History by Jeremy Seabrook in The Spectator, novelist Philip Hensher considers several eaxmples of how orphans have been treated in literature by various authors, … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Albania

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Literary journalist and author David Pryce-Jones has written a “Letter from Albania: The Twilight of Zog” that appears in the current issue of The New Criterion. He reports on his attendance at a conference about the legacy of Communism in Albania … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the Winter Break

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

One of the bloggers on the New Criterion magazine became so depressed by the New York weather he looked for books describing adventures in warmer climes: With that in mind, I’ve been reading Evelyn Waugh’s riotous A Tourist in Africa, which … Continue reading →

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