Lytton Strachey
Strachey invented the modern satirical biography with Eminent Victorians, deflating four Victorian heroes with ironic concision and psychological intuition. He transformed biography from memorial to critical art.
Works
- Eminent VictoriansBiographical essays on major Victorian figures with irreverent modern perspective
- Queen VictoriaPsychologically penetrating biography of Britain's longest-reigning monarch
- Elizabeth and EssexDramatic biography of relationship between Queen Elizabeth and Robert Devereux
- Landmarks in French LiteratureHistorical and critical survey of major French literary figures and movements