Focus on the literary and cultural contexts that shaped the professional development of Virginia Woolf, Rebecca West and Djuna Barnes: gifted parents and dysfunctional families; their attachments to the modernism of the Men of 1914; Edwardian uncles who commanded the publishing …
"Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of…
"Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of…
This book explores the first twelve books of the 38 handwritten volumes of Virginia Woolf's diary, the early experimental stage before her diary writing evolved to a more mature, modernist style. This is the first full-length treatment of Woolf's diaries and shows how heavily he…
Portret van de Engelse schrijfster (1882-1941) dat een nieuw licht werpt op haar relatie met familie en vrienden en hoe dit haar werk beïnvloed heeft.
Toward a greening of modernism -- Diversions of Darwin and natural history -- Limits of the garden as cultured space -- The art of landscape, the politics of place -- Crossing the species barrier -- Virginia Woolf and ideas of environmental holism.