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Young bloomsbury : the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression

Strachey, Nino2022
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In the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group - creative young people who tantalised the original 'Bloomsberries' with their captivating looks and provocative ideas. This book introduces us to an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters, including novelist and music critic Eddy Sackville-West, 'who wore elaborate make-up and dressed in satin and black velvet'; sculptor Stephen Tomlin; and writer Julia Strachey. Talented and productive, these larger-than-life figures had high-achieving professional lives and extremely complicated emotional lives. Bloomsbury had always celebrated sexual equality and freedom in private, but by the 1920s self-expression was becoming more public, with cross-dressing Young Bloomsbury giving Old Bloomsbury a new voice in a chosen family of a shared rebellion against pre-war conventions.
Author:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2022.©2022
Collation:
xiii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : iIlustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97815293069419781529306941
Dewey class:
700.92242700
Language:
English
BRN:
512998
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Beaumaris LibraryAdult Non Fiction - Art and Craft700 STROnloan - Due: 14 Oct 2024
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