Bertrand Russell

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Standard Name: Russell, Bertrand
Used Form: Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell

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Intertextuality and Influence Dora Russell
Here Russell observes that children, like women and the proletariat, are an oppressed class.
Commire, Anne, and Deborah Klezmer, editors. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications.
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This text was informed partly by the end of her marriage to Bertrand Russell and their legal disputes over...
Intertextuality and Influence Amabel Williams-Ellis
In this text the husband and wife team set out to capture the flavour of life at Portmeirion, at a time when a damaging hydro-electric scheme was proposed for the region.It is written in...
Intertextuality and Influence Kathleen Raine
KR 's poetry, which focusses on archetypal forms of being, is influenced by Swedenborg and the Neo-Platonists. She was also fascinated by the avant-garde movements of her era: Bloomsbury Humanism, Freud ianism, Wittgenstein 's and...
Intertextuality and Influence Dora Russell
Formally and informally, Dora and Bertrand Russell exchanged ideas about politics, philosophy, and other cultural concerns throughout their relationship, and much of this ongoing exchange found its way into their writings.
Literary responses Ethel Mannin
Although controversial in its views on progressive education, the book received praise from critics. The 1000 Transcript wrote that it had common sense and a freshness of viewpoint . . . . Hers is the...
Literary responses Ray Strachey
Bertrand Russell and his wife Alys Russell , RS 's aunt, disapproved of the book and were worried that Ray's Cambridge friends would be dreadfully shocked.
Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books.
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However, the book was not censured by...
Literary responses Ethel Lilian Voynich
Bertrand Russell exclaimed that it was one of the most exciting novels [he had] read in the English language.
MacHale, Desmond. The Life and Work of George Boole: A Prelude to the Digital Age. Cork University Press.
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Ramm, Benjamin. The Irish novel that seduced the USSR.
Many responses were inflected by gender. Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo) poetically asserted: It is doubtful...
Literary responses Lady Ottoline Morrell
Initially, Russell and those to whom he showed the text (without revealing its collaborative nature) agreed that Morrell's section was the strongest. However, he later wrote that it was because of her that the work...
Occupation Dora Russell
Dora and Bertrand Russell founded Beacon Hill , a progressive primary school. From 1932 to 1943, when she closed the school, DR was its chief administrator and instructor.
Russell, Dora. The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest for Liberty and Love. G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
1: 197
Commire, Anne, and Deborah Klezmer, editors. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications.
13: 587
Occupation Lady Margaret Sackville
Members of the Union of Democratic Control also included Margaret Llewelyn Davies and Bertrand Russell . Helena M. Swanwick was a member of the Executive Committee, and LMS was one of twelve women besides her...
politics Vera Brittain
She wrote later in her diary that her mind had been made up more by Bertrand Russell 's pamphlet Which Way to Peace? than by anything that Mumford had said.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
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politics Mary Butts
MB was a pacifist who sympathised strongly with the position of conscientious objectors. Believing that conscription was a sign of the collective insanity that has come over the world,
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company.
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she supported her companion (later...
politics Ethel Sidgwick
The Congress, held from 28 April to 1 May, attracted 1,200 women from twelve countries, both warring and neutral, to discuss means of achieving peace. Others meeting with the delegates on the subsequent peace tour...
politics Virginia Woolf
On 10 May Germany had invaded Holland and Belgium. In the event of an invasion of England, they could indeed expect a terrible personal fate, on account of their anti-war politics, Leonard's anti-war career and...
politics Dora Russell
The Council for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (forerunner of CND) was founded. DR was present at its inaugural meeting next day; other prominent members were Vera Brittain , Julian Huxley , J. B. Priestley

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