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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453789903321

Autore

Caine Barbara

Titolo

Bombay to Bloomsbury [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of the Strachey family / / Barbara Caine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-34581-4

9786611345815

0-19-153052-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 p.)

Disciplina

929/.2/08921054

Soggetti

British - India

Imperialism

Feminism - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Biography

Great Britain Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-474) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An Anglo-Indian family -- An imperial marriage -- Strachey childhoods -- School days -- University life -- Modern marriages -- Single life -- Sibling ties -- Work, income, and changing career patterns -- Gender transformations and the question of sexuality -- A feminist family -- Continuity and change -- A literary family -- Old age and death.

Sommario/riassunto

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