Bloomsbury: Beyond the Establishment

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Ingleby is Lecturer in Victorian Literature at Queen Mary University of London. Klappentext Bloomsbury lies at the heart of cultural and intellectual London, famed for its museums, universities and literary heritage. Matthew Ingleby's new history ranges across the neighborhood to explore hidden corners and reveal unexpected connections between Bloomsbury's past and present, its buildings and its people, its austere towers and its garden squares. Ingleby examines the facets of Bloomsbury that have shaped its identity--its long association with youth and beginnings; its proud secularism and scepticism; and its role as London's center of thinking, writing and publishing. He draws on the voices of Bloomsbury's most observant residents, such as Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf, to explain the character of the place in a fresh and engaging new way. Zusammenfassung Bloomsbury lies at the heart of cultural and intellectual London! famed for its museums! universities and literary heritage. Matthew Ingleby's new history ranges across the neighbourhood to explore hidden corners and reveal unexpected connections between Bloomsbury's past and present.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Ingleby, Ingleby Matthew
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2017
• EAN: 9780712356565
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5656-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Bl London; BL London
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; London, Greater London, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, TRAVEL / Pictorials, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works