{"product_id":"the-spoken-word-the-bloomsbury-group-2-disc-set","title":"The Spoken Word: The Bloomsbury Group 2-Disc Set","description":"The Spoken Word: The Bloomsbury Group 2-Disc AUDIO CD british art BBC archives \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eType: \u003c\/label\u003e Audio Book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePlatform: \u003c\/label\u003e Audio CD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/label\u003e BBC \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eReleased: \u003c\/label\u003e 2009 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eMedia: \u003c\/label\u003e CD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cshortdescription\u003e\u003c\/shortdescription\u003eThe Bloomsbury Group remains, to this day, one of modern culture’s most remarkable associations of individuals—the diverse contributions of the Bell siblings alone, not to mention their lovers, peers, and acquaintances, rival the output of the rest of the Modernist canon in terms of experimentation, collaboration, and peerless acclaim in literature, art, and theory. This informal group of poets and painters, writers and critics, which included Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Clive and Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Vita Sackville-West, and Bertrand Russell, among others, may have called then-fashionable central London their home, but to generations of future scholars, writers, and cultural aficionados, they helped to locate Modernism both critically and geographically. Now, for the first time, the British Library has gathered their voices and reminiscences together on a masterly two-disc set, which draws on long-unheard BBC archives, many of which will be available for the first time. Among the unforgettable tracks heard in this collection are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003cbr\u003e reading an extract from a radio talk on the importance of language\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeonard Woolf\u003cbr\u003e proffering a Who’s Who of the Bloomsbury Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesmond McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e meditating on “tears” in literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Grant\u003cbr\u003e discussing the infamous Dreadnought Hoax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClive Bell\u003cbr\u003e remembering Lytton Strachey asking, “Who would you most like to see coming up the drive?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrances Partridge \u003cbr\u003espeaking about the Group’s larger influence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Plomer \u003cbr\u003ediscussing the Group’s exclusivity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Garnett \u003cbr\u003ecandidly describing the relationship between Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Cecil \u003cbr\u003edetailing Virginia Woolf’s day-to-day appearance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngelica Garnett \u003cbr\u003eopining on various attitudes towards members of the Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarold Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e reciting a talk on the members and attitudes that dominated the Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVita Sackville-West\u003cbr\u003e talking about the inspiration behind Virginia Woolf’s \u003cbr\u003eOrlando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin Bell\u003cbr\u003e exactingly describing the fashions of Virginia Woolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargery Fry\u003cbr\u003e holding court on Virginia Woolf’s flights of fancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenedict Nicholson \u003cbr\u003eremembering Virginia Woolf’s visits to Sissinghurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Bowen\u003cbr\u003e recalling Bloomsbury parties and Virginia Woolf’s antics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRalph Partridge\u003cbr\u003e reminiscing on time spent with Leonard and Virginia Woolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Lehmann \u003cbr\u003edescribing his reactions to Woolf’s final novel, \u003cbr\u003eBetween the Acts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBertrand Russell\u003cbr\u003e on Lytton Strachey and his family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Brenan \u003cbr\u003erecalling times spent with Lytton Strachey, Ralph Partridge, and Dora Carrington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace Higgins\u003cbr\u003e describing daily life at Charleston, the Bloomsbury outpost in Sussex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Running time:CD1 - 60 mins, CD2 - 68 mins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor CD Player\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BBC","offers":[{"title":"Used In Sleeve","offer_id":44790437478678,"sku":"90006","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/0377\/1710\/products\/2023522171149234scan_bdb4cf14-ccf0-4dba-a758-f186af8fe096.jpg?v=1686180624","url":"https:\/\/www.neverdiemedia.com\/products\/the-spoken-word-the-bloomsbury-group-2-disc-set","provider":"NeverDieMedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}