Eminent Victorians: The Definitive Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826464971 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Delight in Any Age Thomas M. Sullivan Never having slaked my interest in Victorian England by reading innumerable titles on the period (note: if you share my happy obsession, immediately Amazon yourself a copy of Judith Flanders’ “Inside the Victorian Home”; you’ll love it), I resolved again and again to finally get around to “Eminent Victorians” but never did. Never did, that is, until viewing for the second or third . The importance of not being earnest Some of Lytton Strachey's choices of subject for the four scathing biographical essays contained in _Eminent Victorians_ may seem rather strange. Florence Nightingale was an obvious choice for any biographer, but who cared about Matthew Arnold in the post-war era when Strachey was writing these essays? Who gave a thought to Cardinal Manning or Chinese Gordon? And why combine their biographies into one book?The answer. Christopher Hope said Terrific stuff. Not to be missed. A wonderful series of essays about the oddities of great Victorian lives.
Here, to mark the seventieth anniversary of his death, is the first critical edition of his most famous work.For this new edition the text of Eminent Victorians is printed in its entirety, and there are also new critical afterwords by four experts, reassessing Strachey's judgements on his subjects and presenting each one in a fresh light.David Newsome writes on Cardinal Manning; Mark Bostridge on Florence Nightingale; Terence Copley on Dr. Textual notes and illustrations from the original manuscr
. He then became an essayist and book reviewer. The publication of Eminent Victorians brought him success and made him famous. Giles Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Other works include Queen Victoria and Portraits in Miniature
. From Library Journal An illustrated edition of the classic, with numerous paintings, drawings, and photographs of the Victorian era enhancing the text.-- MRCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc