Lytton Strachey collection of papers 1904-1934

Sitwell, Edith Louisa, Dame, 1887-1964

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Edith Sitwell was born on September 7, 1887 in Scarborough, England to Sir George Reresby Sitwell, fourth Baronet, and Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison. In 1913, one of her earliest poems, “Drowned Suns”, was published in The Daily Mirror. Three years later, Sitwell began editing Wheels, an anthology of new verse that sparked controversy among conservative critics. In the 1920s, Sitwell and her two brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, became known for their avant-garde literary work. Sitwell ...

Sackville-West, Edward, Hon., 1901-1965

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English novelist. Sackville-West wrote light, witty novels. He also published a book of critical essays. From the description of Edward Sackville-West letters, 1928-1962. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33218455 ...

Hackett, Francis, 1883-1962

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Irish-born author and editor in the U.S. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wicklow [Ireland], to Stark Young, 1935 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870941 ...

Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969

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Leonard Woolf, husband of Virginia Woolf, was a unique thinker and theorist in his own right--sophisticated, principled, and humane. His legacy is inextricably tied with the Bloomsbury Set, one of the most influential literary groups of the 20th century, and with Hogarth Press, which he co-founded with his wife. From the description of Leonard Woolf letter to Wigram, 1935 June 10. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52221264 Leonard Sidney Woolf (1...

Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932

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Lytton Strachey was born to an upper-middle class family in London, and educated at Cambridge, where he was part of the rebellious Apostles, a precursor to the Bloomsbury Group. Strachey became an essayist and literary critic; he also wrote poetry, but is best remembered as a biographer. Although he wrote some conventional biographies, his best work was Eminent Victorians, a collection of biographical essays that relied on Strachey's trademark psychological insight rather than exhaustive researc...

Carrington, Dora de Houghton, 1893-1932

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British painter; member of Bloomsbury group. From the description of Dora Carrington Collection, 1912-1965. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617186 Dora Carrington, fourth child of a family of five, was born at Hereford in 1893. In 1903, the family moved to Bedford where Dora Carrington attended Bedford School for Girls excelling at art. Encouraged by the headmistress, Carrington was successful in gaining ...

Senhouse, Roger.

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Senhouse was a partner and editor at the publishers Secker and Warburg, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group having been Lytton Strachey's lover. From the description of Roger Senhouse correspondence, 1919-1931 (bulk undated) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 85040415 Roger Senhouse was a translator of Colette and a partner in the publishing business Secker and Warburg. He was Lytton Strachey's sometime companion. Theodora Bosanquet was Henry James' secreta...

Strachey, James.

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Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

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Beerbohm married Florence Kahn (1876-1951), an American actress, on May 4, 1910. From the description of Max Beerbohm letters to Florence Kahn, 1904-1948 (bulk 1904-1909). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122418146 B. 1872 d. 1956. From the description of Max Beerbohm artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432818 Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. Turner was a British author. From...

Trevelyan, R.C. (Robert Calverley), 1872-1951

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Epithet: poet and playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000034 English poet and translator. From the description of Krishna : autograph manuscript of the poem signed : place not specified, 1915 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573164 ...

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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Virginia Woolf (b. January 25, 1882, London, England–d. March 28, 1941, Ouse, River, Englnad) was a noted novelist and is now viewed as a pioneer of feminist literature. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, comprised of English artists, philosophers, and writers in the early twentieth century. She was also a co-founder and operator (along with husband Leonard Woolf) of Hogarth Press. Though she received little formal education, her father, a writer and editor with strong ...

Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946

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English economist. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to Sir Percy Bates, 1935 Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497268 British economist. From the description of The economic transition in England : typescript, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645189 John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), Baron Keynes, economist, was born in Cambridge on 5 June 1883, and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. ...

Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915

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Poet and British naval officer. From the description of Rupert Brooke papers, 1913-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456150 English poet. From the description of Sonnet : place not specified : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, 1914 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270135815 Rupert Brooke was a British Georgian poet, a privileged, intelligent, handsome youth, and his verse has come to represent the prevailing mood of England prior to Wo...