Welland, Sasha Su-Ling. A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters. Rowman & Littlefield.
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Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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Reception | Ling Shuhua | LS's memoir is at the centre of her body of writing. From the start of her exchanges with Bell
and Woolf
, LS sent them drafts of it, written in English. She conveyed her appreciation... |
Textual Production | Ling Shuhua | Marjorie Strachey
, one of several people in LS's writing life whom she met via Vanessa Bell
, provided editorial assistance. Welland, Sasha Su-Ling. A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters. Rowman & Littlefield. 306 |
Friends, Associates | Ling Shuhua | Ling Shuhua
began corresponding with Vanessa Bell
shortly after the death of Julian Bell
, Ling Shuhua's former lover and Vanessa Bell's son. Laurence, Patricia Ondek. Lily Briscoe’s Chinese Eyes: Bloomsbury, Modernism, and China. University of South Carolina Press. 235-7 |
Friends, Associates | Ling Shuhua | Soon after Ling Shuhua
moved to London, she and Vanessa Bell
met in person for the first time, having corresponded for about a decade. Welland, Sasha Su-Ling. A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters. Rowman & Littlefield. 302 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Ling Shuhua | His position, teaching modern literature at the university, was made possible by his friend Margery Fry
's connections and sponsored by the Boxer Indemnity Fund
. His relationship with LS began quickly: in a 22... |
Leisure and Society | Rosamond Lehmann | Stephen Spender
thought RLone of the most beautiful women of her generation. Lehmann, Rosamond. Rosamond Lehmann’s Album. Chatto and Windus. 51 |
Friends, Associates | Rosamond Lehmann | While younger than the principal figures and sometimes inclined to feel herself marginal, RL
was positioned well within the Bloomsbury group. She was close friends with another younger associate, George Rylands
. During the early... |
Education | Margaret Legge | The facts that she writes about art students, and that she attended the memorial service for art professor Henry Tonks
on 15 January 1937, suggest that she may—like the somewhat younger Berta Ruck
, Gwen John |
Occupation | Nina Hamnett | NH
recounts how, feeling brave one morning, she entered the post-impressionist Omega Workshops
, and asked to see Mr. [Roger] Fry. This charming man with grey hair told her, on her request for work... |
Friends, Associates | Nina Hamnett | Having achieved a footing of friendship with Walter Sickert
and the others of the Fitzroy Street Group
, NH
went on through Roger Fry
and Vanessa Bell
to get to know the members of the... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Constance Garnett | David married twice and had four children by the time of his mother's death. His first wife, Ray Garnett
, was an artist and illustrator. His second wife, Angelica Bell
, was the daughter of... |
Occupation | Roger Fry | After returning from New York, RF
met Vanessa
and Clive Bell
on a train from Cambridge to London, and arranged for Clive's assistance with the upcoming Post-Impressionist exhibition at the Grafton Gallery
. Hussey, Mark. Virginia Woolf A to Z. Facts on File. 95 |
Occupation | Roger Fry | At 33 Fitzroy Square in Bloomsbury, London, founder RF
opened the Omega Workshops
, an artists' group whose participants included Wyndham Lewis
, Vanessa Bell
and Duncan Grant
(both co-directors), and Dora Carrington
. Hussey, Mark. Virginia Woolf A to Z. Facts on File. 195 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Roger Fry | In April 1911, Fry's personal relationship with the Bells began to change: a trip to Constantinople marked the start of a love affair between Fry and Vanessa Bell
. Hussey, Mark. Virginia Woolf A to Z. Facts on File. 95 |
Publishing | Elaine Feinstein |
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