Lytton Strachey : the new biography /

When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey appeared in 1967, it changed the course of modern biography, setting a new standard for the recounting of literary lives and launching the enduring Bloomsbury revival. In the 1960s, however, many of Strachey's friends and lovers were still alive; muc...

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Main Author: Holroyd, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995.
Edition:First American edition.
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