Delphi Collected Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Seven Book 15)
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Delphi Collected Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Seven Book 15)
Lytton Strachey, the English biographer and critic, introduced a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Strachey’s works are celebrated for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. This comprehensive eBook presents Strachey’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Strachey’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Many famous biographies, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Strachey’s rare poetry – available in no other collection * Also includes Strachey’s early Spectator essays, first time in digital print * Features two contextual pieces, evaluating Strachey’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, books published after 1922 cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.
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CONTENTS:
The Books INTRODUCTION FOR ‘A SIMPLE STORY’ by E. Inchbald LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE EMINENT VICTORIANS QUEEN VICTORIA BOOKS AND CHARACTERS MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM ‘THE SPECTATOR’
The Poetry ELY: AN ODE, FROM PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE, 1902 EUPHROSYNE: A COLLECTION OF VERSE
The Contextual Pieces THE ART OF BIOGRAPHY by Virginia Woolf LYTTON STRACHEY by Max Beerbohm
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