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Reading Virginia Woolf

By Julia Briggs

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
9780748624348, 0748624341, 074862435X, 9780748624355, 9780748626953
Open Library ID
OL22731582M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
914 kB (936383 bytes)
Pages
240\249
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

With grace and style, noted Woolf critic and biographer Julia Briggs reconsiders the author's work from imaginative and unexpected angles, spanning her early fiction experiments to her late short story "The Symbol" and from the most to the least familiar of her novels, such as the neglected Night and Day.Briggs investigates links between Woolf and writers like Byron and Shakespeare, her fascination with transitional places and moments, her ambivalent attitudes toward "Englishness" and censorship, and her methods of writing and revision. She examines the differences between the original British and American editions of Woolf's texts and the lesser-known changes she made after publication. Briggs's lively and engaging style will appeal to scholars and general readers alike.

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