In and out of Bloomsbury : biographical essays on twentieth-century writers and artists

Illuminates Virginia Woolf and several contemporary writers and artists through new research and discoveries. -- . Front Matter Contents List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements and dedication Introduction “New” portraits by Roger Fry of Helen Fry and Vanessa Bell A complete strip-off: A Bloomsbury threesome in the nude at Studland Clive Bell’s memoir of Annie Raven-Hill (co-written with Helen Walasek) “Far the best holiday for years”: Virginia Woolf’s second visit to Greece “Suicidal mania” and flawed psychobiography: Two discussions of Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf and “the hermaphrodite”: A feminist fan of Orlando and critic of Roger Fry “I am afraid I am not Irish”: Letters from Rose Macaulay to Katharine Tynan A teenage star: The forgotten contribution of Dorothy L. Sayers to a pageant “She had quite unusual gifts”: Dorothy L. Sayers at school The secret love-child of an American Civil War commander: The strange story of Tolkien’s schoolteacher “A land pre-eminently to inspire a painter”: Tristram Hillier’s first visit to Portugal Details of original publications Index