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Vor 3 Tagen · With Eminent Victorians, published in 1918, Lytton Strachey threw out all the conventions of the respectful, cradle-to-grave Victorian biography.What was needed instead, he argued, was a ‘becoming brevity – a brevity which excludes everything that is redundant and nothing that is significant – that, surely, is the first duty of the biographer.’
Vor einer Stunde · McKenzie’s eclectic references, ranging from the Counting Crows, Ghostbusters, Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians, and T.S. Eliot, reflect a creative and thoughtful approach to presenting material. Combined with the rich detail and McKenzie’s straightforward prose, the book manages the difficult task of being both in-depth and approachable.
Vor 3 Tagen · While other members of the Bloomsbury group became stars in their fields—John Maynard Keynes in economics, Lytton Strachey in biography, Duncan Grant in art, and Woolf in literature—Bell is known more as a member of the group, according to Rachel Sloan, curator of the Courtauld exhibition, than as a major artist in her own right.
Vor 5 Tagen · Yes, Carrington is available to watch via streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The film follows the lives of two individuals, an artist Dora Carrington and a writer Lytton Strachey. The two cross ...
Vor einem Tag · Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death...
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11. Mai 2024 · If you search using Google for Strachey you get 15 hits for Lytton Strachey before you get to Christopher Strachey. That's a shame because I'm sure that Christopher Strachey has had a more lasting impact on the world.
14. Mai 2024 · Equally stellar names appear on the list of biography winners, including Peter Ackroyd, Martin Amis, Quentin Bell, John Buchan, Richard Ellmann, Hermione Lee and Lytton Strachey. In the last decade Amit Chaudhuri, Craig Brown, Lucy Ellmann, and Zia Haider Rahman have joined the illustrious list.
