Strachey

Học thuật
Thân thiện
Definition

Proper noun: - Lytton Strachey: An English biographer and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group, an influential circle of early 20th-century English intellectuals, writers, and artists. He is known for his innovative and often irreverent approach to biography.

Usage
  • Proper noun:
    • Lytton Strachey revolutionized biographical writing with his work "Eminent Victorians."
    • The literary salon included members like Virginia Woolf and Strachey.
Advanced Usage
  • Stracheyan (adj): Pertaining to or characteristic of Lytton Strachey or his biographical style, which is marked by psychological insight, irony, and a departure from Victorian hagiography.
    • The author adopted a Stracheyan approach, dissecting the subject's flaws with wit.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bloomsbury Group: The collective of writers, intellectuals, and artists to which Strachey belonged.
  • "Eminent Victorians": Strachey's landmark 1918 biographical work.
Synonyms
  • Biographer
  • Essayist
Notes
  • The term "Strachey" almost exclusively refers to Giles Lytton Strachey. It is not commonly used in idioms or phrasal verbs. Its primary use is as a proper noun identifying the historical figure.
Noun
  1. English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932)

Từ đồng nghĩa

Từ gần giống

Từ chứa "Strachey"

Từ có nhắc đến "Strachey"