I have made an attempt to answer these but would not feel brave enough to voice my opinions to the newsletter itself,I thought I would be safer to do so here. ...
Shane, you are hardly seeing it through "stupid eyes," as you put it. You have seen far more in it than I would have, unless I had been, for example, stuck on...
Thank you, I am bad at spelling but dont know how to spell check on yahoo.I only know how to do it in word.Im glad I didnt look stupid with what I was saying....
If you're using Outlook Express for e-mail, hit Control-A (to highlight the whole message), then F7 -- that runs the spellchecker. --Dave ... From: "Shane...
I got a book for Christmas called 'ONE HUNDRED GREAT BOOKS IN HAIKU'by David Bader.It's quite funny Brideshead Revisited is on page 30 and reads; 'Gay Catholic...
If you're using Outlook Express, highlight the whole e-mail, or just the part you want checked, and hit the F7 key. If you're using something else, go into the...
... ......................................... That makes it even worse! Just kidding. Most of us over 40 or 50 are convinced that "kids these days" are...
Anne Fadiman has edited a book entitled Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on 14 September 2005....
... From: "John H. Wilson" <jwilson3@...> To: <Evelyn_Waugh@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:36 AM Subject: [Evelyn_Waugh] Brideshead...
... own ... Our Rules of Engagement are relevant to discussion of religion, and I'll try to abide by them. Also, I know nothing about Toynton. One needn't be...
... ................................................ Too true. I just read somewhere that we Yanks, with just 7 percent of the world's Catholics, account for...
I was most interested in the points you made about this intriguing matter, but for me, it begs two more questions. Firstly, how come Rex is sufficiently smart...
On balance I think such a novel could be written today, as long as the author was Evelyn Waugh. Granted that annulments seem to be scattered like confetti...
... up? ... Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies is available online at <www.lhup.edu/jwilson3/newsletter.htm>. I have a list of about 110 people who receive...
If you would like to be included ... Yes, please do put me on the (e-mail) version of the newsletter recipients list. I'm in the middle of reading the current...
John, Impressions of BR - millions, but for starters, am I right in saying that nobody speaks badly of Nanny Hawkins, and that this makes her unique among the...
am I right in saying that nobody speaks badly of Nanny Hawkins, and that this makes her unique among the characters of the entire book? Does she somehow ...
". . .And this in the day and age when another Charles can marry his Camilla, albeit not in any church, but when she has a spouse still lliving from her first...
Something's been bothering me about that Haiku: "Gay Catholic toffs- what else to expect from a man named Evelyn?" The only gay Catholic in the whole book...
... wrote: The only gay Catholic in the whole book would be Sebastian. At the Thame dinner with Charles Ryder, Anthony Blanche claims to be Catholic, though...
"dave matheny" <davematheny@p...> wrote: Blanche claims to be Catholic, but Sebastian disputes that. Certainly not a practicing Catholic. And if the haiku...
... ............................................... Good points. Waugh leaves any conversion of Charles less than certain. But, even if Charles does eventually...
... Dear Dave- With respect, I disagree. There is no doubt that Charles became a Catholic and is one at the time he revisits Brideshead whilst in the army....
... .................................................. I bow to your points. Charles may well have converted to the Catholic faith. I put it badly. I'm sure...
... Dear Dave- Good of you. Thanks. However, as I say, I'm intrigued. Coincidently, I am just in the middle of BR -- as it happens after the restaurant scene...
The scene - Brideshead Revisited - Charles and Celia's New York hotel room, prior to the Atlantic crossing. At one point in the conversation, referring to the...
