100 Years of Waugh

Today is Evelyn Waugh's 100th birthday.

An article by Joseph Pearce

St. Evelyn Waugh by George Weigel

The Permanent Adolescent by Christopher Hitchens...

(pot? kettle?)

Some other Atlantic pieces on Waugh

Waugh reconsidered in Slate

The program for a symposium in honor of 100 years of Waugh, earlier this year.

A Waugh website that includes a centenary page

Another Waugh website

A few articles on the occasion:

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Comments

[Rick]

From Hitchen's piece:

"And many adult reviewers of Brideshead have somehow managed to describe it as a languorous evocation of the "platonic" nature of English undergraduate affection."

[Raising hand sheepishly]: Guilty as charged.

But did Waugh certainly envision Sebastian and Charles as having a physical affair?

Later, when Bridey asks Charles if there is anything "vicious" in Sebastian's relationship with Kurt, Charles answers negatively. Is Charles lying? Is he deceived?

I suppose it's a cofession that I am not a sensitive reader, but I was never certain that Charles and Sebastian, though infatuated with each other, had a sexual relationship.

[Naomi]

I don't know whether it was physically expressed, but it certainly seems to me that it was a sort of passionate infatuation.

[C.O.]

Thanks for linking all of the articles about Waugh. I've found them really interesting.