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Essays by Virginia Woolf: v. 5

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Essays by Virginia Woolf: v. 5

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Fiction was the core of Virginia Woolf's work. But she took her essay writing very seriously, spending a great deal of time on each essay and finding they provided a refreshing diversion from fiction. Her essays informed her fiction, and vice versa; this volume shows her thinking about the possibility of poeticising the novel (The Waves was the result) and in some of these pieces ('Women and Fiction', 'Women and Leisure') she considers the relationship between women, writing and society - the preoccupation that would become such a large part of her legacy. The Common Reader: Second Series comprises a significant part of this volume - it was first published in 1932 to excellent reviews. ('They are wholly delightful. They are sensitive, acute, picturesque, humorous, and yet severe.' Vita Sackville-West; 'Is there anybody writing anywhere in the world at this moment who could surpass the essay.so beautifully moulded into a form appropriate to its content that what is an authentic critical masterp

Author Bio
Stuart N. Clarke has transcribed and edited Virginia Woolf's Orlando: The Original Holograph Draft (1993), was co-compiler with B. J. Kirkpatrick of the 4th edition of A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf (1997), and edited Translations from the Russian (2006), by Virginia Woolf and S. S. Koteliansky. He is a founding member of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, and has edited its journal, the Virginia Woolf Bulletin, since its inception in 1999.

Author Biography:

Stuart N. Clarke has transcribed and edited Virginia Woolf's Orlando- The Original Holograph Draft (1993), was co-compiler with B. J. Kirkpatrick of the 4th edition of A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf (1997), and edited Translations from the Russian (2006), by Virginia Woolf and S. S. Koteliansky. He is a founding member of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, and has edited its journal, the Virginia Woolf Bulletin, since its inception in 1999.
Release date NZ
January 15th, 2009
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Chatto & Windus
Pages
736
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Dimensions
162x240x60
ISBN-13
9780701206703
Product ID
2696832

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