Bertrand Russell (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Caroline Moorehead
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1872-1970
- Setting: England, the United States, and China
- Principal Characters: Bertrand Russell, Lady Russell, John Russell, Alys pearsall Smith, Dora Black, Marjorie Spence, Edith Finch, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Ludwig Von Wittgenstein
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Social action, Family or family life, Philosophy or philosophers, Adultery, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Mathematics or mathematicians, Victorian era or Victorianism
- Locales: United States, England, China
Caroline Moorehead provides an acute and entertaining biography of one of the most controversial figures in twentieth century culture. Given Bertrand Russell’s long life and many interests, she does an admirable job of surveying and assessing the highlights, judiciously noting his triumphs and failures and demonstrating how they evolved out of his character. Inevitably, a biographical narrative cannot do justice to the intricacy of his philosophical arguments, but the main points of his important books are introduced.
Russell was the descendant of an aristocratic family. The...
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