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Eminent Victorians / Lytton Strachey ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Sutherland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world's classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manning, Henry Edward, 1808-1892.
- Manning, Henry Edward.
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
- Nightingale, Florence.
- Arnold, Thomas, 1795-1842.
- Arnold, Thomas.
- Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885.
- Gordon, Charles George.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Lytton Strachey's biographical essays on four 'eminent Victorians' dropped a depth-charge on Victorian England when the book was published in 1918. It ushered in the modern biography and raised the genre to the level of high literary art. Strachey approached his subjects with scepticism rather than reverence, and his iconoclastic wit and engaging narratives thrilled as well as shocked his contemporaries. Debunking Church, Public School, and Empire, his portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr Arnold of Rugby, and General Gordon of Khartoum changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation.
- This edition is unique in being fully annotated and in drawing on the full range of Strachey's manuscript materials and literary remains.
- Contents:
- Cardinal Manning 7
- Florence Nightingale 95
- Dr Arnold 143
- The End of General Gordon 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0192801589
- OCLC:
- 53353410
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