Aspects of Bloomsbury: Studies in Modern English Literary and Intellectual History

229 Pages·1998·19.633 MB·English

by  S.P. Rosenbaum

ASPECTS OF BLOOMSBURY
Also by S. P. Rosejibaum
'VICTORIAN BLOOMSBURY: The Early Literary History of the
Bloomsbury Group, Volume 1
'EDWARDIAN BLOOMSBURY: The Early Literary History of the
Bloomsbury Group, Volume 2
A BLOOMSBURY GROUP READER
VIRGINIA WOOLF'S WOMEN & FICTION: The Manuscript
Versions of A Room of One's Own
THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP: A Collection of Memoirs and
Commentary (revised edition)
* From the same publishers
Aspects of Bloomsbury
Studies in Modern English Literary
and Intellectual History
S. E Rosenbaum
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Rosenbaum, S. P. (Stanford Patrick), 1929-
Aspects of Bloomsbury : studies in modern English literary and
intellectual history / S.P. Rosenbaum.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. English literature—20th century—History and criticism.
2. Bloomsbury (London, England)—Intellectual life—20th century.
3. Great Britain—Intellectual life—20th century. 4. Bloomsbury
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'Everything is what it is, and not another thing' - Bishop Butler
(Epigraph to G. E. Moore's Principia Ethica)
'Only connect ...'
(Epigraph to E. M. Forster's Howards End)

Contents
Preface x
1 The Philosophical Realism of Virginia Woolf 1
2 Bertrand Russell: The Logic of a Literary Symbol 37
3 Bloomsbury Letters 60
4 Keynes, Lawrence and Cambridge Revisited 68
5 E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Literary History 84
6 Towards the Literary History of A Room of One's Own 110
7 Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 142
8 Wittgenstein in Bloomsbury 161
Notes 190
Index of Names 209
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