Book Description

Virginia Woolf Miscellanies comprises the latest research on Virginia Woolf's life and work by prominent scholars and authors in the field of twentieth-century literature. Presented as a compilation of papers and abstracts from the First Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, this collection yields the most recent opinions and discoveries concerning Woolf, from current analyses of her most celebrated works to new biographical interpretations. Among the topics addressed are Woolf and Mourning; Woolf and Pedagogy, Experimentalist Contemporaries; Lesbian Myth and Ritual; Feminism; Woolf and her Audience; Woolf as "Landscape Artist" and Cultural Historian. A list of over sixty contributors includes works by Carol Ascher, Pamela Caughie, Louise DeSalvo, Evelyn Haller, Jane Lazarre, Jane Lilienfield, Roger Poole, Jean Moorcraft Wilson, Alex Zwerdling and many others.