Eminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with skepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation.Lytton Strachey's bi...
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Reissue edition (April 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 019955501X
ISBN-13: 978-0199555017
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.8 x 5 inches
Amazon Rank: 1804733
Format: PDF Text TXT book
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