Eminent victorians
Auteur :
Strachey, Lytton
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199555017
Date de publication :
26 févr. 2009
Dimensions :
19,8 x 13,0 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
232 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Eminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with scepticism 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.