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.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780141958842 ● Casa editrice Penguin Books Ltd ● Pubblicato 1989 ● Scaricabile 6 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2271125 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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