Jane Maria Grant-Strachey (1840-1928) and Her Eminent Children |
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| Author:
| Rogal, Samuel J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4955-0312-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Edwin Mellen Press, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $159.95 |
Book Description:
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This work examines Lady Strachey's construction of the mother-son dyad as it involved particularly her eighth surviving child, Giles Lytton Strachey - the most noted among her collection of offspring - resulted not from her own ambitions or her own need to control others' thoughts and actions, but from the outward display of her own ideals and practices that she exhibited, consciously or unconsciously, before, and transmitted to, her own children.
This work examines Lady Strachey's construction of the mother-son dyad as it involved particularly her eighth surviving child, Giles Lytton Strachey - the most noted among her collection of offspring - resulted not from her own ambitions or her own need to control others' thoughts and actions, but from the outward display of her own ideals and practices that she exhibited, consciously or unconsciously, before, and transmitted to, her own children.