Selected Letters of Clive Bell
Art, Love and War in Bloomsbury
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2023
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-1597-9 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-1597-9 (ISBN)
A selection of letters by the pacifist and noted art critic Clive Bell, expertly annotated by his biographer
Illustrates a comprehensive range of Bell's interests and relationships
Offers a unique record of a transformative time in the cultural and political history of the West
Arranged in eight categories to afford readers guidance in how to approach the varied emphases of Bell's life and interests, as well as highlighting what is particularly significant, such as his close lifelong relationship with Virginia Woolf
Clive Bell was a pivotal member of the Bloomsbury Group. His marriage to Vanessa Bell and his, at times tempestuous, relations with his sister-in-law Virginia Woolf form important strands in the cultural history of modernism. A tireless champion of modernist art, a committed pacifist and conscientious objector, Bell produced a huge body of correspondence with many of the leading artistic and political figures of his time. His lively, witty, highly opinionated letters are a window into the turbulence of the early twentieth century, populated by friends and acquaintances including T. S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau, as well as his Bloomsbury set, Desmond MacCarthy, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant, Maynard Keynes, Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell. Arranged in eight categories Bloomsbury Circles; Virginia; War; Arts and Letters; To the Editor; Francophile; Travels; Love, Gossip, Home this selection emphasises Bell's enormously varied life and interests. Born in the reign of Queen Victoria and living long enough to have been able to hear the Beatles on the radio, these letters demonstrate that Bell's appetite for art, for love and for peace never flagged.
Illustrates a comprehensive range of Bell's interests and relationships
Offers a unique record of a transformative time in the cultural and political history of the West
Arranged in eight categories to afford readers guidance in how to approach the varied emphases of Bell's life and interests, as well as highlighting what is particularly significant, such as his close lifelong relationship with Virginia Woolf
Clive Bell was a pivotal member of the Bloomsbury Group. His marriage to Vanessa Bell and his, at times tempestuous, relations with his sister-in-law Virginia Woolf form important strands in the cultural history of modernism. A tireless champion of modernist art, a committed pacifist and conscientious objector, Bell produced a huge body of correspondence with many of the leading artistic and political figures of his time. His lively, witty, highly opinionated letters are a window into the turbulence of the early twentieth century, populated by friends and acquaintances including T. S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau, as well as his Bloomsbury set, Desmond MacCarthy, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant, Maynard Keynes, Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell. Arranged in eight categories Bloomsbury Circles; Virginia; War; Arts and Letters; To the Editor; Francophile; Travels; Love, Gossip, Home this selection emphasises Bell's enormously varied life and interests. Born in the reign of Queen Victoria and living long enough to have been able to hear the Beatles on the radio, these letters demonstrate that Bell's appetite for art, for love and for peace never flagged.
Mark Hussey is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Pace University in New York. Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism, A Biography (Bloomsbury 2021) is his most recent book. He has published widely on Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury and is a member of the editorial boards of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf Miscellany, and Woolf Studies Annual, as well as being General Editor of the Harcourt annotated Woolf.www.markhusseybooks.com
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.12.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | 1 B/W illustrations 1 black & white illustration |
Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte | |
Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-3995-1597-7 / 1399515977 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-1597-9 / 9781399515979 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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