Gosh, I think I'll have to read this whole thing too -- I once read the Manning piece independently for purposes of studying Christian conversion takes, but the rest seems too good to pass up.

Speaking of Strachey's dresser-drawer RPF, I have to guess you've read breathedout's "The Obvious and Proper Sense?" But if you haven't, may I recommend it vociferously for being the most frothy absurdist delightful Lytton Strachey/John Maynard Keynes erotic fic on the net?