Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 488 p., 16 p. of plates)
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ill
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0199250340
Inhalt:
The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family. Prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the nineteenth century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and the bringing of new approaches to sexuality in the twentieth century, they had a wide and significant influence. Examining Lytton Strachey, his parents and nine siblings, Barbara Caine provides a fascinating picture of a diverse and complex family in a period of change from. Victorian England to the beat generation. - ;The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family, pro
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-474) and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Family Trees; Introduction; 1. An Anglo-Indian Family; 2. An Imperial Marriage; 3. Strachey Childhoods; 4. School Days; 5. University Life; 6. Modern Marriages; 7. Single Life; 8. Sibling Ties; 9. Work, Income, and Changing Career Patterns; 10. Gender Transformations and the Question of Sexuality; 11. A Feminist Family; 12. Continuity and Change; 13. A Literary Family; 14. Old Age and Death; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780199250349
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bombay to Bloomsbury : A Biography of the Strachey Family
Sprache:
Englisch
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