Author : C. Reynier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230244726
Virginia Woolf's Ethics of the Short Story aims at a synthetic appraisal of Woolf's short stories as a space of encounter and a site of resistance. It throws a new light on Woolf's short stories as foregrounding the ethical as well as the political and the aesthetic and shows how they participate fully in her creative process.
Author : Elsa Högberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 135002273X
Revisiting Virginia Woolf's most experimental novels, Elsa Högberg explores how Woolf's writing prompts us to re-examine the meaning of intimacy. In Högberg's readings of Jacob's Room, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and The Waves, intimacy is revealed to inhere not just in close relations with the ones we know and love, but primarily within those unsettling encounters which suspend our comfortable sense of ourselves as separate from others and the world around us. Virginia Woolf and the Ethics of Intimacy locates this radical notion of intimacy at the heart of Woolf's introspective, modernist poetics as well as her ethical and political resistance to violence, aggressive nationalism and fascism. Engaging contemporary theory – particularly the more recent works of Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva – it reads Woolf as a writer and ethical thinker whose vital contribution to the modernist scene of inter-war Britain is strikingly relevant to critical debates around intimacy, affect, violence and vulnerability in our own time.
Author : K. Benzel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 2004-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1403981841
In Trespassing Boundaries , ten contemporary Woolf scholars discuss a broad range of Woolf's short stories. Despite being now easily available these stories have not yet received the attention they deserve. Complex yet involving, they deserve to be read not only for the light they shed on the novels, but in their own right, as major contributions to the short fiction as a genre. This volume places Woolf's short stories in the context of modernist experimentalism, then explores them as ambitious attempts to challenge generic boundaries, undercutting traditional distinctions between short fiction and the novel, between experimental and popular fiction, between fiction and nonfiction. Collectively the essays suggest that Woolf's contribution to the short story is as important as her contribution to the novel.
Author : Christine Reynier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0429841183
In the mid-twentieth century, Virginia Woolf published ‘Six Articles on London Life’ in Good Housekeeping magazine, a popular magazine where fashion, cookery and house decoration is largely featured. This first book-length study of what Woolf calls ‘little articles’ proposes to reassess the commissioned essays and read them in a chronological sequence in their original context as well as in the larger context of Woolf’s work. Drawing primarily on literary theory, intermedial studies, periodical studies and philosophy, this volume argues the essays which provided an original guided tour of London are creative and innovative works, combining several art forms while developing a photographic method. Further investigation examines the construct of Woolf’s essays as intermedial and as partaking both of theory and praxis; intermediality is closely connected here with her defense of a democratic ideal, itself grounded in a dialogue with her forebears. Far from being second-rate, the Good Housekeeping essays bring together aesthetic and political concerns and come out as playing a pivotal role: they redefine the essay as intermedial, signal Woolf’s turn to a more openly committed form of writing, and fit perfectly within Woolf’s essayistic and fictional oeuvre which they in turn illuminate.
Author : Kathryn Simpson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1472590686
Virginia Woolf is one of the best-known and most influential modernist writers; an iconic figure, her image and reference to her work and life appear in the most varied of cultural sites. Her writing is, however, in many ways kaleidoscopic and has given rise to a diverse and, sometimes, conflicting body of critical work. Whilst Woolf envisaged that her readers could be 'fellow-worker[s]' in the creative process, there is much to perplex any reader approaching her writing, especially for the first time. Drawing on some of the main critical debates and on Woolf's non-fictional writings, this guide untangles some of the difficulties and perplexities that can prove a barrier to understanding of Woolf's writing. These include aspects of the process of writing (such as narrative techniques, formal structures, characterisation), as well as the thematic concerns so central to Woolf's writing, the cultural context in which it emerged and to recent criticism, including representations of gender and sexuality, class and race.
Author : Julia Briggs
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0141905492
Virgina Woolf is the greatest of all British women writers and one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century writing. She was a novelist utterly immersed in books, wholly original, passionate, vivid and with a steely dedication to her art. Yet given that what we value about Woolf's life is her nine great novels, most writing about her tends to revolve around her social life and the planet of the Bloomsbury set. Julia Briggs' aim in this fresh, absorbing new book is to put the writing back absolutely at the centre of Woolf's life; to read that life through her books, using the novels themselves to create a compelling new form of biography. Using Woolf's own matchless commentary on the creative process through her letters, diaries and essays, Julia Briggs has produced a book which is a convincing, moving picture of an artist at full stretch, but also a brilliant meditation on the whole nature of creativity.
Author : Virginia Woolf
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473363047
Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was an English writer. She is widely hailed as being among the most influential modernist authors of the 20th century and a pioneer of stream of consciousness narration. Woolf was a central figure in the feminist criticism movement of the 1970s, her works having inspired countless women to take up the cause. She suffered numerous nervous breakdowns during her life primarily as a result of the deaths of family members, and it is now believed that she may have suffered from bipolar disorder. In 1941, Woolf drowned herself in the River Ouse at Lewes, aged 59. This volume contains 23 exceptional short stories that will not disappoint those who have read and enjoyed other works by this seminal writer. Contents include: “The Mark on the Wall”, “Kew Gardens”, “Solid Objects”, “An Unwritten Novel”, “A Haunted House”, “Monday or Tuesday”, “The String Quartet”, “Society”, “Blue and Green”, “In the Orchard”, “Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street”, “A Woman's College from Outside”, “The New Dress”, etc. Read & Co. Classics is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic short stories now complete with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.
Author : Dean R. Baldwin
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Virginia Woolf
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 19,15 MB
Release : 2023-12-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
In 'The Collected Short Stories of Virginia Woolf', readers are treated to a captivating collection of diverse and thought-provoking stories that showcase Woolf's unique writing style and keen insight into human nature. Through her use of stream-of-consciousness narrative and vivid descriptions, Woolf explores themes such as gender, class, and the complexities of human relationships. Her stories are a reflection of the modernist movement of the early 20th century and her innovative approach to storytelling continues to influence writers to this day. Readers will be mesmerized by Woolf's ability to capture the complexity of the human experience in each short story. Virginia Woolf, a prominent figure in the Bloomsbury Group, drew inspiration from her own struggles with mental health, feminist beliefs, and societal norms. Her experiences as a woman in a patriarchal society are reflected in her writing, adding depth and authenticity to her characters and narratives. Woolf's progressive views on gender and society are evident throughout her stories, making her a trailblazer in feminist literature. I highly recommend 'The Collected Short Stories of Virginia Woolf' to readers who appreciate literary works that challenge societal norms and provide profound insights into the human condition. Woolf's ability to capture the complexities of human emotions and relationships makes this collection a must-read for anyone interested in modernist literature and feminist perspectives.
Author : Andrew H. Miller
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,98 MB
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0674238087
A captivating book about the emotional and literary power of the lives we might have lived had our chances or choices been different. We each live one life, formed by paths taken and untaken. Choosing a job, getting married, deciding on a place to live or whether to have children—every decision precludes another. But what if you’d gone the other way? It can be a seductive thought, even a haunting one. Andrew H. Miller illuminates this theme of modern culture: the allure of the alternate self. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, Jane Hirshfield to Carl Dennis, storytellers of every stripe write of the lives we didn’t have. What forces encourage us to think this way about ourselves, and to identify with fictional and poetic voices speaking from the shadows of what might have been? Not only poets and novelists, but psychologists and philosophers have much to say on this question. Miller finds wisdom in all these sources, revealing the beauty, the power, and the struggle of our unled lives. In an elegant and provocative rumination, he lingers with other selves, listening to what they say. Peering down the path not taken can be frightening, but it has its rewards. On Not Being Someone Else offers the balm that when we confront our imaginary selves, we discover who we are.
