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Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey (one of the older members of the Bloomsbury Group ), first published in 1918, and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit Strachey brought to bear on three men and a woman who had, until then, been regarded as ...
- Lytton Strachey
- 1918
6. Aug. 2018 · A hundred years ago, Lytton Strachey published Eminent Victorians, a sequence of four biographical essays whose elegance belied their punkish intent. Strachey’s subjects, although “targets”...
1. Dez. 2000 · Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932: Title: Eminent Victorians Contents: Cardinal Manning -- Florence Nightingale -- Dr. Arnold -- The end of General Gordon Language: English: LoC Class: DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe: Subject: Great Britain -- Biography Subject
- Lytton Strachey
- 1918
His first great success, and his most famous achievement, was Eminent Victorians (1918), a collection of four short biographies of Victorian heroes. Unlike any biography of its time, Eminent Victorians examines the career and psychology of historical figures by using literary devices such as paradox, antithesis, hyperbole, and irony.
- Giles Lytton Strachey, 1 March 1880, London, England
- 21 January 1932 (aged 51), Ham, Wiltshire, England
- Author, critic
10. Apr. 2024 · Notable Works: “Elizabeth and Essex”. “Eminent Victorians”. Lytton Strachey (born March 1, 1880, London—died Jan. 21, 1932, Ham Spray House, near Hungerford, Berkshire, Eng.) was an English biographer and critic who opened a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Adopting an irreverent attitude to the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Eminent Victorians, collection of short biographical sketches by Lytton Strachey, published in 1918. Strachey’s portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Charles “Chinese” Gordon revolutionized English biography.
31. Dez. 2020 · LYTTON STRACHEY. LONDON. CHATTO & WINDUS. 1918. First published . . May 9, 1918. Second Impression . May, 1918, Third Impression . July, 1918. PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED. LONDON AND BECCLES. All rights reserved. TO. H. T. J. N. PREFACE. The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.
