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Lytton Strachey (Giles Lytton Strachey), 1880-1932, English biographer and critic, educated at Cambridge. He was one of the leading members of the Bloomsbury group . Strachey is credited with having revolutionized the art of writing biography. In reaction to the copious dull scholarship and the lengthy panegyrics of the 19th cent., he determined to write biographies that were swift, selective, critical, witty, and artistic. His work includes Eminent Victorians (1918), a volume of short biographical studies; Queen Victoria (1921), his masterpiece; Elizabeth and Essex (1928); and Portraits in Miniature (1931). As a critic, Strachey was the author of such works as Landmarks in French Literature, a study of the classical spirit (1912), and Books and Characters (1922).

Bibliography: See biography by M. Holroyd (2 vol., 1968; rev. ed. 1995).

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Strachey, (Giles) Lytton (1880–1932) English biographer and essayist, a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His works include Eminent Victorians (1918), Queen Victoria (1921), and Elizabeth and Essex (1928). He is often credited with adding the psychological dimension to modern biography.

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