The+Bloomsbury+Group


 * The Bloomsbury Group - a group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists. Who were they, what traditional values did they reject and what was the significance of their association? **

﻿The Bloomsbury Group came mostly from the upper class professional families · Held informal discussions in Bloomsbury throughout the 20th century · Their work deeply influenced literature, aesthetics, criticism, and modern attitudes towards feminism and sexuality. · Their best known members were Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and E. M. Forster · They shared convictions about the nature of consciousness and about the nature of time and death o This underlined the group’s dissatisfaction with capitalism and wars of imperialism, these were known as the "Bloomsbury assumptions" o These were reflected in many of the members' criticisms of materialistic realism in painting and fiction and the suppressive practices of gender inequality, · They attempted to establish a new social order based, with liberation from these current norms · Love was held in higher esteem than monogamy, with several of the members having more than one serious relationship simultaneously · Bloomsbury artists rejected the traditional distinction between fine and decorative art · The Bloomsbury group’s hostility to post-impressionism made the group controversial, and the campaign for women’s suffrage added to their controversial nature · None of the men fought in the war. Most were conscientious objectors, which again added to the group’s controversies.

//Bloomsbury is an area of central London between Euston Road and Holborn, developed by the Russell Family in the 17th and 18th centuries into a fashionable residential area. It is notable for its array of garden sqares, literary connections (exemplified by the Bloomsbury Group), and numerous hospitals and academic institutions. //