The Reception of Virginia Woolf in Europe
Published on 22. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-1-84706-433-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book gives comprehensive coverage of Woolf's reception across Europe with contributions from leading international critics and translators.The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European 'fortunes'. These essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, record the ways in which Virginia Woolf has been translated, evaluated and emulated in different national and linguistic areas of Europe.Diverse as her reception has been, as analyst of consciousness, as a decadent (censored and banned), as stylistic innovator of Modernism, as crusading feminist and socialist, and as a model for other writers, she has emerged as one of the foremost writers and principal icons of the century.Our knowledge of British and Irish authors is incomplete and inadequate without an understanding of the perspectives of other nations on them. Each volume examines the ways authors have been translated, published, distributed, read, reviewed and discussed in Europe.
In doing so, it throws light not only on the specific strands of intellectual and cultural history but also on the processes involved in the dissemination of ideas and texts.
In doing so, it throws light not only on the specific strands of intellectual and cultural history but also on the processes involved in the dissemination of ideas and texts.
Reviews / Votes
"Mary Ann Caws and Nicola Luckhurst have done a great job in editing and selecting the articles incorporated in this volume, which, in general terms, takes on an ample scope of Woolfian studies in Europe. In this context, the book will undoubtedly be useful for anyone interested in the apparently well-known, but still elusive figure of Virginia Woolf...this book is an unquestionable achievement. It is a must for anyone interested in Woolf studies, for it contains a wealth of material and documentation that was impossible to find before and that would have required exhausting work for any scholar to bring together." Antonio Ballesteros, Atlantis Journal"More details
Series
Edition
NIPPOD
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
740 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84706-433-2 (9781847064332)
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Mary Ann Caws | Nicola Luckhurst
The Reception of Virginia Woolf in Europe
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12/2002
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Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Persons
Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Nicola Luckhurst is an independent scholar based in the UK.
Content
Series Editor's Preface, Elinor Shaffer; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Preface: Virginia Woolf's Crossings, Mary Ann Caws; Timeline: European Reception of Virginia Woolf, Paul Barnaby; Abbreviations; Introduction, Nicola Luckhurst; French; 1. Virginia Woolf Among Writers and Critics: The French Intellectual Scene, Pierre-Eric Villeneuve; 2. The French Reception of Virginia Woolf: An 'Etat Present' of 'Etudes Woolfiennes', Carole Rodier; 3. Translating Virginia Woolf into French, Francoise Pellan; 4. A Virginia Woolf, with a French Twist, Mary Ann Caws; German; 5. The German Reception and Criticism of Virginia Woolf: A Survey of Phases and Trends in the Twentieth Century, Ansgar and Vera Nunning; 6. Installing Modernism: The Reception of Virginia Woolf in the German Democratic Republic, Wolfgang Wicht; Polish; 7. From Silence to a Polyphony of Voices: Virginia Woolf's Reception in Poland, Urszula Terentowicz-Fotyga; Swedish; 8. 'Literature is no one's private ground': The Critical and Political Reception of Virginia Woolf in Sweden, Catherine Sandbach-Dahlstrom; Danish; 9. Waves of Influence: The Danish Reception of Virginia Woolf, Ida Klitgard; Greek; 10. 'The Country of the Moon' and the Woman of 'Interior Monologue': Virginia Woolf in Greece, Katerina K. Kitsi-Mitakou; Italian; 11. The Reception of Virginia Woolf in Italy, Sergio Perosa; Spanish; 12. 'A gaping mouth, but no words': Virginia Woolf Enters the Land of Butterflies, Laura Lojo Rodriguez; 13. The Emerging Voice: A Review of Spanish Scholarship on Virginia Woolf, Alberto Lazaro; 14. Virginia Woolf and the Search for Symbolic Mothers in Modern Spanish Fiction: The Case of Tres Mujeres, Maria Jose Gamez Fuentes; Galician; 15. 'A fastness of their own': The Galician Reception of Virginia Woolf, Manuela Palacios; Catalan; 16. Modernism, Nationalism and Feminism: Representations of Virginia Woolf in Catalonia, Jacqueline A. Hurtley; Portuguese. 17. The Portuguese Reception of Virginia Woolf, Graca Abranches; History of Publishing; 18. The European Dimensions of the Hogarth Press, Laura Marcus; Bibliography; Index.