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Beyond Holy Russia: The Life and Times of Stephen Graham
Michael Hughes
2014
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This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards Russia in Britain and the United States. In later years he travelled widely across Europe and North America, meeting some of the best known writers of the twentieth century, including H.G.Wells and Ernest Hemingway. Graham also wrote numerous novels and biographies that won him a wide readership on both sides of the Atlantic. This book traces Graham’s career as a world traveller, and provides a rich portrait of English, Russian and American literary life in the first half of the twentieth century. It also examines how many aspects of his life and writing coincide with contemporary concerns, including the development of New Age spirituality and the rise of environmental awareness. Beyond Holy Russia is based on extensive research in archives of private papers in Britain and the USA and on the many works of Graham himself. The author describes with admirable tact and clarity Graham’s heterodox and convoluted spiritual quest. The result is a fascinating portrait of a man who was for many years a significant literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Keywords
- Biography
- Biography & Autobiography
- Biography & Autobiography / Literary
- Biography & True Stories
- Biography: general
- Biography: literary
- Eastern Europe
- Europe
- Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)
- Geographical Qualifiers
- Lifestyle, sport & leisure
- London
- Religion
- Russia
- Stephen Graham
- thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DT Eastern Europe::1DTA Russia
- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBL Biography: writers
- thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WT Travel and holiday::WTL Travel writing
- Travel
- Travel & holiday
- Travel / Russia
- Travel writing
- written literature
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DOI: 10.11647/OBP.0040Editions
