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Throughout his career strachey protested against the lengthy, formless, badly written biographies produced by the victorians. In eminent victorians 1918, lytton strachey examined the lives of four famous english individuals from the victorian era and found that they were not quite what previous biographies and popular legend had made them out to be. He insisted that the spirit of the biographer should be free and that he should write from a definite point of view, should select and include only the essential materials of a subject, should give to a work good. Though strachey was a cultfigure to cambridge undergraduates before and after the war, his fame had not spread to london publishing circles. Jun 17, 2009 eminent victorians, first published in 1918 and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the victorian era. Lytton strachey as a biographer in eminent victorians. Slave trade documents by historywiz primary source john. Stracheys portraits of cardinal manning, florence nightingale, thomas arnold, and general charles chinese gordon revolutionized english biography. Eminent victorians, collection of short biographical sketches by lytton strachey, published in 1918 stracheys portraits of cardinal manning, florence nightingale, thomas arnold, and general charles chinese gordon revolutionized english biography. A writers promise is like a tigers smile, it is probably always disastrous not to be a poet. Eminent victorians by lytton strachey august 29, 2012 patrick t reardon 0 twenty years ago, a friend of mine, steve swanson, recommended lytton stracheys eminent victorians as a classic in the field of biography and a delightful read as well. It replaced reverence with skepticism and stracheys wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. Strachey s portraits of cardinal manning, florence nightingale, thomas arnold, and general charles chinese gordon revolutionized english biography.
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A note on the sesquicentennial of the war of 1812 221 floridas and canada. A genrechanging work of biography eminent victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography. This study guide consists of approximately 62 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of eminent victorians. The four in question were cardinal manning, the leader of englands roman catholic community. Giles lytton strachey 1 march 1880 21 january 1932 was a british writer and critic.
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