The Sphinx of Bloomsbury: The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton StracheyAkademiai Kiado, 2006 - 208 pagina's The Sphinx of Bloomsbury focuses on Lytton Strachey's literary critical essays and his major biographies. By placing his work in the broader context of the Modernist canon, this book offers a picture of the writer who wrote 'the first book of the twenties, ' who has been regarded as one of the cleverest men of his generation and one of the most prominent members of the Bloomsbury Group, and who has been known for his stylish ease and elegance. Not only do Strachey's essays provide the ground for advocating his wide critical horizon, they also exemplify his essential critical attitude the attitude that dismisses a whole critical school of evaluative, prescriptive criticism. His biographies contain the biographer's musings and meditations on his craft and on the question of historiography, thus coming closer to Postmodernist issues. They point to the 'bio-graphical' tenet whereby knowledge is mediated through texts, and are tied up with acts of interpretation and narration. Strachey has |
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The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. Philosophiae Doctores Zsuzsa Rawlinson " The Sphinx of Bloomsbury " The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey 1826 AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ BUDAPEST " The ...
The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. Philosophiae Doctores Zsuzsa Rawlinson " The Sphinx of Bloomsbury " The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey 1826 AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ BUDAPEST " The ...
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The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. Zsuzsa Rawlinson " The Sphinx of Bloomsbury ” The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey 1828 AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ , BUDAPEST This One 743P - PCY - WW24 ISBN ...
The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. Zsuzsa Rawlinson " The Sphinx of Bloomsbury ” The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey 1828 AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ , BUDAPEST This One 743P - PCY - WW24 ISBN ...
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The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. ISBN 963 05 8351 8 ISSN 1587-7930 © Zsuzsa Rawlinson , 2006 Published by Akadémiai Kiadó Member of Wolters Kluwer Group P.O. Box 245 , H - 1519 Budapest , Hungary ...
The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. ISBN 963 05 8351 8 ISSN 1587-7930 © Zsuzsa Rawlinson , 2006 Published by Akadémiai Kiadó Member of Wolters Kluwer Group P.O. Box 245 , H - 1519 Budapest , Hungary ...
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The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. CONTENTS Preface Abbreviations Part I. Literary Essays 1. " Elizabethans Old and New " 2. " The Age of Louis XIV " 9 17 19 21 36 3. " In the Middle of the Channel ...
The Literary Essays and Biographies of Lytton Strachey Zsuzsa Rawlinson. CONTENTS Preface Abbreviations Part I. Literary Essays 1. " Elizabethans Old and New " 2. " The Age of Louis XIV " 9 17 19 21 36 3. " In the Middle of the Channel ...
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Preface | 9 |
Abbreviations | 17 |
The Age of Louis XIV | 36 |
In the Middle of the Channel | 51 |
Oh that Stupid Nineteenth Century | 66 |
The New Biography Some Historical Theoretical | 85 |
On Heroes and HeroWorship Eminent Victorians | 101 |
Interpreting Public Lives and Private Letters Queen | 129 |
The Deliberation of Art Stracheys Tenor of writing | 147 |
Conclusion | 169 |
Notes | 180 |
Appendix | 193 |
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