Holroyd, Michael

Bernard Shaw by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
39 editions published between 1988 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 2,446 libraries worldwide
Library has: v.3 The Lure of Fantasy.

Lytton Strachey; a critical biography by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
15 editions published between 1967 and 1973 in English and held by 1,706 libraries worldwide

Augustus John : a biography by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
30 editions published between 1974 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,295 libraries worldwide
This volume is a biography of Welsh painter Augustus John (1878-1961). In the early part of the 1900s, he was an important practitioner of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom. By the age of 20 he had won a reputation for his brilliant drawing technique. Here he soon emerged as a bohemian figure as well as a highly gifted artist. The need to support Ida Nettleship (1877-1907), whom he married in 1901, led him to accept a post teaching art at the University of Liverpool. John Sampson, then University Librarian and an acknowledged expert on gypsies, became a friend and a major influence on him, introducing him to the Romany language and way of life. This led him to spend periods traveling with his growing family in gypsy caravans through Wales and England and inspired much of his work before World War I, including a series of etchings depicting gypsy life. He is best known for his portraits of leading European personalities, including those of James Joyce and George Bernard Shaw.

The Genius of Shaw : a symposium ( Book )
11 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 1,087 libraries worldwide
Bidrag fra et symposion om den irsk-engelske forfatter og dramatiker Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).

A strange eventful history : the dramatic lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and their remarkable families by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
11 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 869 libraries worldwide
Chronicles the lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and their families; and discusses Terry's acting career, marriage to George Frederick Watts, and her feminist daughter, Edith Craig; as well as Irving's successes as an actor and manager in Victorian England and his sons.

Bernard Shaw : the one-volume definitive edition by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
11 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in English and held by 861 libraries worldwide
A one-volume abridgement of Holroyd's original four-volume study.

Basil Street blues by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
41 editions published between 1999 and 2003 in English and held by 833 libraries worldwide
Michael Holroyd is one of the finest biographers of the century. And yet he was never interested in his own family's history until the death of his parents in the 1980s. In 'Basil Street Blues' Michael turns the spotlight on himself with the tale of his eccentric, incompatible family and the result is entrancing, startlingly funny and profoundly moving.

Lytton Strachey : the new biography by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
8 editions published between 1994 and 2005 in English and held by 810 libraries worldwide
When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey appeared in 1967, it changed the course of modern biography, setting a new standard for the recounting of literary lives and launching the enduring Bloomsbury revival. In the 1960s, however, many of Strachey's friends and lovers were still alive; much could not be said, and access to letters and resources was restricted. Since then, almost all his circle has died, and homosexuality in England has been decriminalized.

Works on paper : the craft of biography and autobiography by Michael Holroyd ( Book )
9 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 776 libraries worldwide
A collection of essays presents two pieces on the ethics and values of nonfiction writing and continues with an examination of several contemporary biographers, discussions of the author's experiences, and a treatise on the role of fiction.

The art of Augustus John by Augustus John ( Book )
6 editions published between 1974 and 1975 in English and held by 649 libraries worldwide