On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values.

Medien	Bücher Taschenbuch (Buch mit Softcover und geklebtem Rücken)
Erscheinungsdatum	3. Februar 2017
ISBN13	9781542909143
Verlag	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Seitenanzahl	324
Maße	152 × 229 × 17 mm · 435 g
Sprache	Englisch

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