Eminent Victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values.
| ISBN: | 9780140183504 |
| Publication date: | 26th October 1989 |
| Author: | Lytton Strachey, Michael Holroyd |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Biography: historical, political and military European history |
Eminent Victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values.
Eminent Victorians features in the following genres: Biography: historical, political and military, European history
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Eminent Victorians was written by Lytton Strachey, Michael Holroyd and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Eminent Victorians has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.