- ^ Waugh Vile Bodies, p. 104.
- ^ The name seems to come from the Latin phrase Fiat experimentum in corpore vili ("Let the experiment be done upon a worthless body"), which is cited by James Boswell, Thomas De Quincey, William Makepeace Thackeray and others. The phrase 'vile body' also appears in the King James Bible: "...who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body..." (Epistle to the Philippians 3:21).
- ^ "Obituary: Lady Diana Mosley". BBC. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Frick "Style and Structure".
- ^ Waugh, Evelyn, Vile Bodies, p. 146. A good example is the death of Simon Balcairn, a declining earl whose gossip columnist name is "Mr. Chatterbox"; his death forms a bridge between chapters VI and VII. ("He shut the door and the window and opened the door of the gas-oven. Inside it was very black and dirty and smelled of meat. He spread a sheet of newspaper on the lowest tray and lay down, resting his head on it. Then he noticed that by some mischance he had chosen Vanburgh's gossip-page in the Morning Despatch. He put in another sheet. At first he held his breath. Then he thought that was silly and gave a sniff. The sniff made him cough, and coughing made him breathe, and breathing made him feel very ill; but soon he fell into a coma and presently died ... Then Adam became Mr. Chatterbox.")
- ^ Waugh Preface to the 1965 edition.
- ^ Hollis Evelyn Waugh.
- ^ O'Dea "What's in a Name?".
- ^ Circus magazine, July 1973
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