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Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey

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Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey

A genre-changing work of biography
Eminent Victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values.
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Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), a major member of the Bloomsbury set and a pioneer of a new form of biography, was one of the most recognized writers of his day. He is the author of Landmarks, Famous Victorians, and Elizabeth and Essex, among other books.

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ISBN 13 9781515432944
ISBN 10 1515432947
Title Eminent Victorians
Author Lytton Strachey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher SMK Books
Year published 2018-04-03
Number of pages 216
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