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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. 13: 587 |
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. 233 |
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. 312 Ramm, Benjamin. The Irish novel that seduced the USSR. |
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. 357 |
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. 6 |
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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