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Mark Hussey is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Pace University in New York. Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism, A Biography (Bloomsbury 2021) is his most recent book. He has published widely on Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury and is a member of the editorial boards of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf Miscellany, and Woolf Studies Annual, as well as being General Editor of the Harcourt annotated Woolf. www.markhusseybooks.com
Whether earnest, funny, critical or reflective, these letters reveal the multifaceted traits of Clive Bell. This selection should justifiably rekindle interest in his thought and writing. Mark Hussey has produced a magnificent edition, innovative in its meticulous arrangement, and one which can be enjoyed by general readers and academics alike.--Matthew Macer-Wright ""Virginia Woolf Bulletin"" Considering the success of Mark Hussey's biography of Clive Bell, it's no surprise that his edition of Bell's letters is so perceptive and well-chosen. The letters show Bell at his best, whether debating his art theories or his pacifism or describing a picnic. Generous with friends, feisty with Philistines, he practiced a lost art of letter-writing as a gift and a performance: a ""significant form"" in itself. --Regina Marler, editor of Selected Letters of Vanessa Bell This is a remarkable edition of Clive Bell's letters, expertly introduced and annotated by his biographer, Mark Hussey. From Bell's central position in the Bloomsbury Group, these witty and moving letters illuminate transnational networks of intimacy and artistic debate. This volume is essential and engaging reading for anyone interested in modernism and the arts. --Anna Snaith, King's College London
