{"product_id":"the-bloomsbury-photographs-hardcover","title":"The Bloomsbury Photographs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Humm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling portrait of the Bloomsbury Group's key figures told through a rich collection of intimate photographs\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Photography framed the world of the Bloomsbury Group. The thousands of photographs surviving in albums kept by Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Dora Carrington, and Lytton Strachey, among others, today offer us a private insight into their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maggie Humm brings together a curated selection of these photographs to offer us a fresh portrait of the Bloomsbury Group, showing them in a new, domestic intimacy. She brings to life the texture of Bloomsbury: their pastimes, children, clothes, houses, servants, pets, holidays. Several photographs are blurred as if taken in a hurried moment of time, and unguarded close-ups reflect complex personal relationships. \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Photographs\u003c\/i\u003e are not simply documents, but testimonies of relationships, friendships, and the significance of empathetic lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Humm\u003c\/b\u003e is vice-chair of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and emeritus professor of Cultural Studies at the University of East London. Her work on Bloomsbury includes \u003ci\u003eFeminist Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFeminism and Film\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eModernist Women and Visual Cultures: Virginia Woolf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanessa Bell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhotography and Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSnapshots of Bloomsbury: The Private Lives of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 10.82 x 8.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753307210016,"sku":"9780300273755","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8deefa9a1ead76f6dbc1488eec8a9387.webp?v=1780016767","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bloomsbury-photographs-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}