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Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector

Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector
Author: The Huntington
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In 2013, Loren and Frances Rothschild donated their Evelyn Waugh archive to The Huntington. Now, their gift is celebrated in a symposium which brings together researchers, editors, and archival practitioners to explore the biographical and disciplinary significance of the new holdings. The symposium is a collaboration between The Huntington, the Evelyn Waugh Society, and the UK-based Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project. The conference was held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
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Lewis MacLeod from Trent University delivers a talk titled “‘Round the Cultural Water Wheel’: On ‘Brideshead Revisited,’ Scholarship, Criticism, and Good Taste.” This talk was included in the session titled “Edited Collections.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Ann Pasternak Slater from St. Anne’s College, Oxford, delivers a talk titled “Visions and Revisions: What Can the Editing of Waugh’s Texts Tell Us?” This talk was included in the session titled “Edited Collections.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Patrick Query and Jonathan Pitcher, co-editors of “Evelyn Waugh Studies,” deliver a talk titled “John Howard Wilson and the Evelyn Waugh Society.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
H.R. Woudhuysen from Lincoln College, Oxford, delivers a talk titled “Treasures of a Lifetime’s Collecting.” This talk was included in the session titled “Collections on Show.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Barbara Cooke delivers a talk titled “City of Aquatint: Curating Evelyn Waugh’s Oxford.” This talk was included in the session titled “Collections on Show.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Naomi Milthorpe delivers a talk titled “From Evelyn: Books as Gifts.” This talk was included in the session titled “The Rothschild Collection.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Douglas Lane Patey from Smith College delivers a talk titled “To Hell and Back: Editing Waugh’s Ninety-Two Days.” This talk was included in the session titled “The Rothschild Collection.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Barbara Cooke delivers the closing remarks to “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Steve Hindle from The Huntington welcomes participants and attendees to “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Chip Long from Portland State University delivers remarks for “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Martin Stannard from University of Leicester delivers a talk titled “Editing the Complete Works: Textual Policy.” This talk was included in the session titled “Compiling the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Richard Oram, former associate director of Harry Ransom Center, delivers a talk titled “Whatnots and Whatnot: Evelyn Waugh and Victorian Aesthetics of Ornamentation.” This talk was included in the session titled “Waugh’s Life in Archives.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Nigel Wood from Loughborough University delivers a talk titled “Waugh as Reviewer: Catholic and Catholic Tastes.” This talk was included in the session titled “Waugh Recommends.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.
Donat Gallagher from James Cook University delivers a talk titled “Happy Surprises: The Novel as Art, as Revealed in Evelyn Waugh’s Reviews 1928-1931.” This talk was included in the session titled “Waugh Recommends.”
Part of “Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector,” a conference held at The Huntington May 5–6, 2017.