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Há 5 dias · With Eminent Victorians, published in 1918, Lytton Strachey threw out all the conventions of the respectful, cradle-to-grave Victorian biography.What was needed instead, he argued, was a ‘becoming brevity – a brevity which excludes everything that is redundant and nothing that is significant – that, surely, is the first duty of the biographer.’
Há 4 dias · Queen Victoria‘s coronation in 1838 marked the start of one of history‘s most remarkable royal turnarounds. With the crown‘s reputation and relevance at a low point, the young queen seized her chance to prove the monarchy‘s value to a changing Britain. Through her unifying presence, capable leadership, and the moral example of her reign ...
Há 3 dias · Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death...
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Há 5 dias · While other members of the Bloomsbury group became stars in their fields—John Maynard Keynes in economics, Lytton Strachey in biography, Duncan Grant in art, and Woolf in literature—Bell is known more as a member of the group, according to Rachel Sloan, curator of the Courtauld exhibition, than as a major artist in her own right.
17 de mai. de 2024 · A half century earlier that title could have been used and understood in all sincerity. When Lytton Strachey used it, no one could mistake its ironic intent. Strachey made no secret of his purpose or his method. ‘ Ordinary history’, he explained in his preface ‘proceeded by the direct method of scrupulous narration’.
Há 6 dias · Una cosa me llama la atención del esnobismo de Lytton Strachey. Fue un gran lector, y no tenía demasiada paciencia con la gente que no lee. Y menos si eran de clase alta o media. Me reencontré con mi propio esnobismo, o elitismo: yo tampoco tengo demasiada estima por la gente que no lee. Esperen un momento mientras me analizo. No creo ser un ...
Há 1 dia · Combined with the rich detail and McKenzie’s straightforward prose, the book manages the difficult task of being both in-depth and approachable. The most important argument The Melting Point makes is about the state of civilian control of the military. McKenzie repeatedly, and rightly, emphasizes the criticality of civilian primacy and ...
