Lytton Strachey

The Definitive and Compact Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8183-2
Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

reappraisal of Strachey's classic work, bringing a modern perspective to the historic figures he lambastes.

- An enhanced edition with critical commentary of one of the great classics of English literature.
- Foreword by Frances Partridge the last of the Bloomsbury group with an introduction by Paul Levy that will appear in the Sunday Times.
- Essays by top scholars in their fields.
- Richly illustrated with unusual and unknown paintings and drawings.

Lytton Strachey's classic work Eminent Victorians was an assault on the Victorian Age and its values. In choosing four key figures, Cardinal Manning, Dr Arnold of Rugby, Florence Nightingale and General Gordon, Strachey conducted a masterly hatchet job on four key representatives of their age. His book was an instant bestseller and has been in print ever since. But now, the mood has changed. Victorian studies is booming. Scholars are looking again at the Victorian age and are reassessing some of its more notable figures. The text of Eminent Victorians is printed here in its entirety but there are new critical afterwords by scholars demonstrating how lopsided was Strachey's judgement and representing his subjects in fresh light.

David Newsome writes on Cardinal Manning; John Pollock on General Gordon; Terence Copley on Dr Arnold and Mark Bostridge on Florence Nightingale. Each has examined Strachey's own manuscript notes for his book and is an expert on recent scholarship. Textual notes and critical apparatus are also included along with many unusual and little known illustrations.
Paul Levy, editor of Strachey's correspondence, writes the introduction and the book carries a foreword by the last of the great Bloomsbury Group, Frances Partridge.

Zielgruppe

Specialists, General readers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Partridge, Frances

Levy, Paul

Newsome, David

Bostridge, Mark

Pollock, John

Copley, Terence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Frances Partridge - Introduction Paul Levy
Cardinal Manning- with afterword by David Newsome - General Gordon with afterword by John Pollock - Florence Nightingale with afterword by Mark Bostridge - Dr Arnold with afterword by Terence Copley

Über Autor(innen)

Frances Partridge, Paul Levy, David Newsome, Mark Bostridge, John Pollock, Terence Copley are all authorities in the area