The Bloomsbury Group: A Queer History - Nino Strachey
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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This lecture will explore the world of the second Bloomsbury generation, delving into the intricacies of being young and queer in the 1920s, and how their open way of living and loving is still relevant to our present day. Lesser known than their predecessors, they continued the celebration of freedom of expression and creativity.
The lecture will introduce artists and intellectuals such as Eddy Sackville-West, Stephen Tomlin and Julia Strachey, who led an unapologetic life by pushing gender boundaries and social conventions, as well as exploring gender fluidity and pansexuality.
This lecture was recorded by Nino Strachey on 11th June 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London
Nino is a writer and historian, specialising in the work of the Bloomsbury Group.
The transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website:
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Great lecture. This is the kind of detailed, well-constructed, enjoyable and fascinating views into history that makes one love academia. I watch these lectures in Minnesota, USA. Thank you.
Wonderful lecture! I appreciate this history of the Bloomsbury set, as it presents a great impression of the amazing people who crossed paths and their flourishing characters and individuality. Thanks so much for sharing!
I live on a small island in a part of the world that is about as far from Bloomsbury, or Gresham College, as it is possible to be. I know relatively little about the Bloomsbury Set, but found this lecture fascinating, informative and utterly charming. I watch these lectures specifically because I WANT to learn about things beyond my own knowledge and experience. To my mind, the world is infinitely diverse, rich and wonderful. I get so much pleasure from learning something new. I also find this lecture very topical in terms of the gender and identity fluidity currently embraced by Gen-Z. Dismissing it as “self-indulgent micro-history” is, to my way of thinking (i.e. I’m not claiming any monopoly on ‘the truth’!), a narrow view and rather sad. 😢
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Well researched and well presented, thank you for this great lecture!
Intriguing, beautifully researched, refreshingly and politely presented; what's to complain about, other than that it isn't a series of lectures with more cultural, ethical, and historical history?
"historical detail." I meant to key, sorry.
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So much myth and curiosity about this era and the people who lived it.... thanks to Nino for this exploration! I am going to read the book definitely!
I don't know why these are not showing up in my feed. I would have jumped on this one before any video. Oh well, just have to remember to check my subscriptions more often.
I very much enjoyed this introduction to the Bloomsbury group's torchbearers. My only regret is the lack of illustrative material, especially since photos of the persons and artworks mentioned are not all readily available. Considering your relationship with so many of the individuals you discuss, I wish you had shared those visual artifacts you have access to. Presumably your book includes such features, but perhaps you are reluctant to spoil the surprise awaiting those of us who plan to purchase it.
Nino Strachey's love and knowledge is palpable throughout this deliciously joyful lecture. Despite the many troubles that they faced, it's important to remember the Group's Joie de Vivre. Thanks!
Saturnine T.S Eliott along with Virginia Woolf suffered from adultery, perjury, disease, qualms and disturbed relationship on the heyday of their turbulent literature career. I accidentally bumped among library piles on his biography and revealed many curious wrenching details concerning his ascension on the ladder of literature British Olymp and life saturated with love and affinity, perils and exotic poetry.
I'm a little amused by the comments saying this lecture is too specialized. If you believe the queer lives of Virgina Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and E.M. Forster are insufficiently important for a Gresham lecture, you simply don't believe queer people are worth learning about.
I have absolutely no interest in what sexual acts writers pursue in the privacy of their bedrooms
Oh isn't life lovely with inherited wealth and servants to exploit!
Fancy bothering to do this sort of lecture ? Honestly.
Christ, what a mess.