The Memoir Club
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The Memoir Club was an informal Bloomsbury Group gathering organized by Vanessa Bell and others, where members read candid autobiographical essays to one another.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Memoir Club canonical | 1 |
| The Memoir Club portrait | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bloomsbury Group activity
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informal discussion group ⓘ literary circle ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bloomsbury Group ⓘ |
| characteristic |
candid self-revelation
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informality ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early 20th-century British literary culture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
autobiographical writing
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memoir ⓘ |
| format | members read essays aloud ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
group discussion
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reading autobiographical essays ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Clive Bell
ⓘ
Desmond MacCarthy ⓘ Duncan Grant ⓘ E. M. Forster ⓘ
surface form:
E.M. Forster
John Maynard Keynes ⓘ Leonard Woolf ⓘ Lytton Strachey ⓘ Roger Fry ⓘ Vanessa Bell ⓘ Virginia Woolf ⓘ other Bloomsbury Group members ⓘ |
| influenced | later published memoirs by Bloomsbury members ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| meetingType | private gatherings ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
emphasis on candor
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restricted circulation of texts ⓘ |
| organizer | Vanessa Bell ⓘ |
| purpose |
encouraging frank self-examination
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recording Bloomsbury Group history ⓘ sharing personal reminiscences ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Bloomsbury Group memoir literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Memoir Club portrait