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Eminent victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. Lytton strachey quotes author of eminent victorians. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit strachey brought to bear on three men and a woman who had till then been regarded as heroes and heroine. His eminent victorians, published in 1918, inaugurated a new style of biography distinguished by irony. Eminent victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography. Eminent victorians is a book by lytton strachey first published in 1918 and consisting of. Lytton strachey approached his subjects with scepticism rather than.
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Lytton strachey 18801932, among the most famous writers of his time, was a member of the bloomsbury group and the author of a number of biographies. Lytton strachey as a biographer he inaugurated the new era of biographical writing at the close of world war i. Eminent victorians, collection of short biographical sketches by lytton strachey, published in 1918 stracheys portraits of cardinal manning, florence nightingale, thomas arnold, and general charles chinese gordon revolutionized english biography. Instead of using the conventional method of detailed chronological narration, lytton strachey carefully selected his tact to present eminent victorians. Lytton strachey was born 1 march 1880, and died 21 january 1932. Giles lytton strachey wikisource, the free online library. Giles lytton strachey 1880 1932 has written an extremely unconventional collection of biographical sketches, in which the mental and.
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Apr 24, 2011 almost a century after its publication, lytton stracheys eminent victorians remains a landmark work in the field of biography. Eminent victorians by lytton strachey august 29, 2012 patrick t reardon 0 twenty years ago, a friend of mine, steve swanson, recommended lytton stracheys eminent victorians as a classic in the field of biography and a delightful read as well. Everyone knows the popular conception of florence nightingale. The biographer lytton strachey belonged to the bloomsbury group. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. Twenty years ago, a friend of mine, steve swanson, recommended lytton stracheys eminent victorians as a classic in the field of biography and a delightful read as well. Pdf lytton strachey and josep pla are authors with distinct creative personalities, but also with important points of contact. Lytton strachey was born in london on march 1, 1880. Download giles lytton strachey s queen victoria for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Download victorianos eminentes ebook in pdf, epub, mobi. Dora carringtongetty images i came to eminent victorians secretly. Giles lytton strachey 18801932 was an english biographer and critic known for his satire of the victorian era.
Until strachey, biographers had kept an awestruck distance from their subjects. In addition to studies on authors such as andre maurois and lytton strachey, contributions deal with figures such as josep pla, domenec guanse, josep maria espinas and agusti pons. It ushered in the modern biography and raised the genre to the level of high literary art. Eminent victorians, giles lytton strachey 1880 1932 on modern librarys list of 100 best nonfiction books. Lytton stracheys biographical essays on four eminent victorians dropped an. Cardinal manning florence nightingale thomas arnold general gordon lytton stracheys biographical essays on four eminent victorians dropped a depthcharge on victorian england when the book was published in 1918. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read queen victoria. Strachey was educated in private schools and by tutors until.
Dec 01, 2000 eminent victorians by lytton strachey. Stracheys targets of irony were evangelicalism, liberalism, humanitarianism, education and imperialism. In eminent victorians 1918, lytton strachey examined the lives of four famous english individuals from the victorian era and found that they were not quite what previous biographies and popular legend had made them out to be. Lytton stracheys first great success, and his most famous achievement, was eminent victorians 1918, a collection of four short biographies of victorian heroes. Lytton strachey showed me the giddy joy of historical.
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