[Vwoolf] Clive Bell: a Biography

[Stuart N. Clarke]

‘"There was a book, but there never will be a book," said Mr. Pepper with such fierceness that both ladies looked up at him.’

Fret not – Mark Hussey’s doing it.

Stuart

From: Lindsay Martin 
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:20 PM
To: 'Sarah M. Hall' ; 'Adolphe Haberer' ; 'Woolf List' 
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Clive Bell: a Biography

Beechey’s been talking about his biography ever since I first met him in the 1990s but has never produced anything and I doubt ever will.  I agree that CB needs a biography.

 

Lindsay C Martin

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From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah M. Hall
Sent: 16 September 2015 12:01
To: Adolphe Haberer; Woolf List
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Clive Bell: a Biography

 

The odd thing about this is the refs. Beechey quotes his own book about Clive Bell, dated 2000, which I'm pretty sure was never published, and certainly wasn't by that date. I spoke to John Murray in 2003/4 because I wanted it for some research, and was told that although it had been under contract for years it had never been delivered. There's a very cheesed-off 'review' on Amazon by someone who ordered the book from them but never received it, and (rightly, it seems) doubts its existence.







Now, as then, I think there should be a CB biography. Whatever we think of him personally, he was an important Bloomsbury figure, and all the movers and shakers of Bloomsbury have their own biog -- except him. (I'm a great fan of Saxon, but couldn't class him as an influential Bloomsbury figure.)







If anyone knows James Beechey, please encourage him to write the book or pass his research to someone else to write it. Anyone?






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From: Adolphe Haberer <Adolphe.Haberer at univ-lyon2.fr>
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Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 8:04
Subject: [Vwoolf] Clive Bell: a Biography


Today the "Life of the Day" of the Oxford DNB is about Clive Bell. It is signed by James Beechey

http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/1.html

Best wishes to all
Ado

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