[Vwoolf] The "Bloomsbury Set"

[Jean Mallinson]

I guess there's no point in being annoyed, but it does seem parasitic 
and silly. It bothers me, too, that the "Bloomsbury set" -- itself a 
fiction -- is referred to as "bohemian". These people were hard working, 
they owned houses, they were at the centre of civilized life, 
reimagining it,  not in its margins.


On 6/21/2016 10:49 AM, Sarah M. Hall wrote:
>
> 'The Bloomsbury Club Bar takes inspiration from the lives of the 
> famously hedonistic Bloomsbury Set'
>
> O, is THAT what they're known for? Think someone's confusing them with 
> the Bright Young Things.
>
>
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>     *From:* "Neverow, Vara S." <neverowv1 at southernct.edu>
>     *To:* vwoolf listserve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 17:16
>     *Subject:* [Vwoolf] The "Bloomsbury Set"
>
>     Below is a link, not of particular interest unless you want to
>     know more about exotic drink recipes, but still about Bloomsbury
>     and the ways that Bloomsbury has morphed (I think it's a variant
>     of Brenda Silver's /Virginia Woolf Icon /couched in an
>     ever-more-commercial fashion).
>
>     https://www.thehandbook.com/opening/the-bloomsbury-club-bar-classic-and-forgotten/
>     <https://www.thehandbook.com/opening/the-bloomsbury-club-bar-classic-and-forgotten/>
>     	
>     The Bloomsbury Club Bar: Classic and Forgotten Cocktails ...
>     <https://www.thehandbook.com/opening/the-bloomsbury-club-bar-classic-and-forgotten/>
>     www.thehandbook.com
>     If there was ever a golden age for cocktails then it would be the
>     1920s and 1930s and well, 2016…with the opening of The Bloomsbury
>     Club Bar.
>
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Vara
>
>     Vara Neverow
>     Department of English
>     Southern Connecticut State University
>     New Haven, CT 06515
>     203-392-6717
>     neverowv1 at southernct.edu
>
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