Landmarks in French Literature - Strachey, Lytton
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"Landmarks in French Literature," Lytton Strachey, a well-known British author and reviewer from the early twentieth century, seems at what French literature is all approximately. When it involves the critical occasions and those who've formed the rich tapestry of French literary lifestyles, this book is a charming guide. Strachey's wise evaluation covers a wide variety of time periods, from the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the existentialist thinkers of the early 20th century. He reads the works of well-known authors like Molière, Victor Hugo, Marcel Proust, and Francois Rabelais, giving…mehr

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"Landmarks in French Literature," Lytton Strachey, a well-known British author and reviewer from the early twentieth century, seems at what French literature is all approximately. When it involves the critical occasions and those who've formed the rich tapestry of French literary lifestyles, this book is a charming guide. Strachey's wise evaluation covers a wide variety of time periods, from the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the existentialist thinkers of the early 20th century. He reads the works of well-known authors like Molière, Victor Hugo, Marcel Proust, and Francois Rabelais, giving us a deep expertise of what they introduced to the arena of literature. Strachey not only speaks approximately the most critical literary agencies, however additionally the social and cultural situations that influenced French writers at some stage in records. She does this with lovely writing and an eager eye for detail. The Romantic motion, Realist technology, and the slicing facet upgrades of the 19th and 20th centuries are all a part of his research. "Landmarks in French Literature" suggests how appropriate Strachey is at writing literary complaint. It takes readers on a full, fingers-on tour of the critical occasions that have formed the history of French literature. For those who need to examine extra about the fantastic works of literature that have pop out of French subculture, the book remains a beneficial resource.
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English author and reviewer Giles Lytton Strachey was born on March 1, 1880, and died on January 21, 1932. He created a new type of biography that combines psychological understanding and sympathy with sarcasm and wit. He was one of the founders of the Bloomsbury Group and wrote Eminent Victorians. The James Tait Black Memorial Prize was given to his book Queen Victoria (1921). On March 1, 1880, Strachey was born at Stowey House in Clapham Common, London. He was the fifth son and eleventh child of Lieutenant General Sir Richard Strachey, an officer in the British colonial armed forces, and his second wife, Jane Grant, who became a leading supporter of women's right to vote. The name "Giles Lytton" came from a Gyles Strachey from the early 1600s and the first Earl of Lytton, who was friends with Richard Strachey when he was Viceroy of India in the late 1870s. Another person who was Lytton Strachey's uncle was the Earl of Lytton. There were thirteen children born to the Stracheys. Ten of them lived to adults, including Lytton's sister Dorothy Strachey and his youngest brother, the psychoanalyst James Strachey.