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A History of the Bloomsbury Group ranges more widely across the Bloomsbury group's interdisciplinary activities and international networks than any previous volume. From innovations in the literary and visual arts to interventions in politics and economic policy, core members including Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, and John Maynard Keynes are explored in relation to a diverse cast of lesser-studied figures to offer an expansive and multifaceted account of the group's achievements and influence. Leading international scholars provide authoritative and accessible commentaries on a variety of topics under the broad headings of 'Aesthetic Bloomsbury,' 'Global Bloomsbury,' 'Intimate Bloomsbury,' and 'Public Bloomsbury.' Whether addressing established narratives or pushing into new critical terrain, the book demonstrates that, more than a century on from its formation, the Bloomsbury group remains an active and dynamic force in the key critical debates of today.
List of contents
List of Figures; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Bloomsbury friction Derek Ryan; Part I. Aesthetic Bloomsbury: 2. The Bloomsbury novel Jesse Matz; 3. Bloomsbury's shorter fiction Bryony Randall; 4. Bloomsbury and the new biography Todd Avery; 5. Post-impressionism and the Bloomsbury brand Wendy Hitchmough; 6. Bloomsbury and music Tsung-Han Tsai; 7. Poetry in, or around, Bloomsbury Sara Sullam; Part II. Global Bloomsbury: 8. Bloomsbury, South Asia, and empire Susheila Nasta and Florian Stadtler; 9. Bloomsbury and China Patricia Laurence; 10. Bloomsbury and the USA Mark Hussey; 11. Bloomsbury and Russomania Rebecca Beasley; 12. Cross-channel diplomacy and postwar Bloomsbury Claire Davison; 13. Late Bloomsbury's dialectic of enlightenment Christine Froula; Part III. Intimate Bloomsbury: 14. Bloomsbury, friendship, and love Jesse Wolfe; 15. Bloomsbury's gender politics Pamela Caughie; 16. Bloomsbury, nudity, and race Jane Garrity; 17. Bloomsbury and psychoanalysis Gabrielle McIntyre; 18. Bloomsbury life writing Drew Patrick Shannon; Part IV. Public Bloomsbury: 19. Bloomsbury and economics Paul Crosthwaite; 20. Bloomsbury and the meanings of labor Morag Shiach; 21. The Bloomsbury bookshop Derek Ryan; 22. Bloomsbury, education, and meritocracy Natasha Periyan; 23. Bloomsbury and science Michael H. Whitworth; 24. Bloomsbury afterlives Monica Latham; Select Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Derek Ryan's previous books include Bloomsbury, Beasts and British Modernist Literature (2022), and the co-edited volumes Cross-Channel Modernisms (2020) and The Handbook to the Bloomsbury Group (2018). He is editor of Edinburgh University Press's book series Virginia Woolf – Variations.
