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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806840603321

Autore

Caine Barbara

Titolo

Bombay to Bloomsbury : a biography of the Strachey family / / Barbara Caine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-383-03900-3

1-281-34581-4

9786611345815

0-19-153052-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

929/.2/08921054

Soggetti

British - India

Imperialism

Feminism - Great Britain

Great Britain Biography

Great Britain Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

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 intelligent and unusual family, prominent in areas such as science and feminism in the 19th century and in the suffrage movement and women's education in the 20th. Examining Lytton Strachey, his parents and nine siblings, Caine provides a picture of a diverse and complex family.