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14 produkter
Leonard Woolf
Bloomsbury Socialist
Av Peter Stansky, Fred Leventhal
E-bok, 2019
740 kr
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Leonard Woolf: Bloomsbury Socialist is an invaluable biography of an important if somewhat neglected figure in British cultural and political life,whose significance has been overshadowed by that of his wife, Virginia Woolf. His vital role in her life and career is a central aspect of this incisive …
Leonard Woolf
Bloomsbury Socialist
Av Peter Stansky, Fred Leventhal
E-bok, 2019
740 kr
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Leonard Woolf: Bloomsbury Socialist is an invaluable biography of an important if somewhat neglected figure in British cultural and political life,whose significance has been overshadowed by that of his wife, Virginia Woolf. His vital role in her life and career is a central aspect of this incisive …
Leonard Woolf
Bloomsbury Socialist
Av Fred Leventhal, Peter Stansky
Inbunden, 2019
1067 kr
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Leonard Woolf: Bloomsbury Socialist is an invaluable biography of an important if somewhat neglected figure in British cultural and political life,whose significance has been overshadowed by that of his wife, Virginia Woolf. His vital role in her life and career is a central aspect of this incisive …
First Day of the Blitz
September 7, 1940
Häftad, 2008
180 kr
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In the first terrifying hours of the London Blitz, when the skies rained bombs from hundreds of German planes, the British people were galvanized and the nation’s future was changed On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the German Luftwaffe plunged London into a cauldron …
Sassoon
The Worlds of Philip and Sybil
Häftad, 2003
755 kr
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Sir Philip Sassoon (1888–1939), a glamorous and well-known figure in Britain for the first four decades of the twentieth century, was the most eligible bachelor and the greatest host of his time. He attained prominence in the art world, high society, and politics. In contrast, his sister Sybil …
On or About December 1910
Early Bloomsbury and Its Intimate World
Häftad, 1997
522 kr
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On or about December 1910 human character changed, Virginia Woolf remarked, and well she might have. The company she kept, the Bloomsbury circle, took shape before the coming of World War I, and would have a lasting impact on English society and culture after the war. This book captures the …
Unknown Orwell and Orwell: the Transformation
The Transformation
Av Peter Stansky, William Abrahams
Häftad, 1994
514 kr
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A Stanford University Press classic.
Julian Bell
From Bloomsbury to the Spanish Civil War
Av Peter Stansky, William Abrahams
Inbunden, 2012
792 kr
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Julian Bell explores the life of a younger member, and sole poet, of the Bloomsbury Group, the most important community of British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century, which includes Virginia Woolf (Julian's aunt), E. M. Forster, the economist John Maynard Keynes, and the art critic …
Julian Bell
From Bloomsbury to the Spanish Civil War
Av Peter Stansky, William Abrahams
E-bok, 2012
896 kr
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Julian Bell explores the life of a younger member, and sole poet, of the Bloomsbury Group, the most important community of British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century, which includes Virginia Woolf (Julian's aunt), E. M. Forster, the economist John Maynard Keynes, and the art critic …
Socialist Patriot
George Orwell and War
Häftad, 2023
218 kr
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An incisive demonstration of how Orwell's body of work was defined by the four major conflicts that punctuated his life: World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Cold War.Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell, the quintessential political writer of the …
Socialist Patriot
George Orwell and War
E-bok, 2023
258 kr
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An incisive demonstration of how Orwell's body of work was defined by the four major conflicts that punctuated his life: World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Cold War.Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell, the quintessential political writer of the …
Edward Upward: Art and Life
Inbunden, 2016
288 kr
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Biography of the influential, lesser known member of the W.H. Auden circle. Peter Stansky tells the fascinating story of Edward Upward's conflict between art and life. At the same time he colourfully provides significant insight into English society during the twentieth century and explores the …
Journey to the Frontier
Two Roads to the Spanish Civil War
Av Peter Stansky, William Abrahams
Häftad, 1994
330 kr
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A classic account of England between the wars and the '30's generation', this remarkably engaging book examines the lives of two young English poets, Julian Bell and John Cornford, who died fighting against fascism in the Spanish civil war.
