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

• Autore: Caine Barbara
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (507 p.)
• Disciplina: 929/.2/08921054
• Soggetto topico: British - India; Imperialism; Feminism - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Biography; Great Britain Intellectual life
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Bombay to Bloomsbury
• ISBN: 1-383-03900-3; 1-281-34581-4; 9786611345815; 0-19-153052-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782585703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II