Among the Bohemians by Virginia Nicholson
Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant, the artistic community in England in the first half of the twentieth century was engaged in a bold experiment in which they refashioned not just their art, but also their daily lives. They were often broke, hungry, and drunk, but they also challenged and rejected the ideals of the Victorian bourgeoisie, igniting a cultural transformation that would eventually change society itself.
Virginia Nicholson explores this quiet revolution, where Evelyn Waugh, Dylan Thomas, Virginia Woolfe, and other artistic pioneers approached the art of living with the same iconoclastic spirit that characterized their work. Although many of the Bohemians have been long forgotten, their joie de vivre lives on.Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After studying at Cambridge University she lived in France and Italy and then worked as a documentary researcher for BBC television. Her first book Charleston: A Bloomsbury House and Garden -- written in collaboration with her father, Quentin Bell -- was an account of the Sussex home of her grandmother, the painter Vanessa Bell, who was Virginia Woolf's sister. She has married, has three children and lives in Sussex."Not only comprehensive and intimately knowledgeable, it is also a marvelously charming, colorful and loving panorama of the social and artistic pioneers who opened the doors to a far freer life that we now take for granted." -- New York Times Book Review| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780060548452 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060548452 |
| Title | Among the Bohemians |
| Author | Virginia Nicholson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2004-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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