Virginia Woolf and Capitalism

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Virginia Woolf and Capitalism successfully produces new resonances even in old readers by making them attuned to aspects of Woolf's words that risked being neglected or positively obscured. Rich in detail and nuanced in its analysis, this collection of essays is already part of the compulsory reading on Woolf for scholars, students, and common readers alike. -- Luca Pinelli * Synergies: A Journal of English Literatures and Cultures * As part of Edinburgh University Press's new "Virginia Woolf-Variations" series, edited by Derek Ryan, Virginia Woolf and Capitalism continues the work of looking beyond Woolf's celebrated contributions to feminism and aestheticism, leaning instead towards critiquing her relationship with other, equally crucial, aspects of early twentieth-century and interwar life. Woolf continues to occupy an ambivalent space in discussions of class and capitalism. [...] Virginia Woolf and Capitalism consequently proves an important, timely, and original contribution not only to the fields of new modernist and working-class studies, but also to our understandings of Woolf's place within (and perceptions of) various capitalist modes of production-both during her lifetime and in her afterlives. -- John D. Attridge, Regent College London * The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945 * This anthology provides a dynamic and fresh perspective on both the legacy and the limits of Woolf's feminist call to action.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- V. A. Murrenus Pilmaier, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay * CHOICE * The time is ripe for this exciting collection on Virginia Woolf's economic thinking. Clara Jones has assembled an impressive set of scholars to explore Woolf's efforts, powerful but partial, to critique capitalism from within. Virginia Woolf and Capitalism is at once a resource and a rallying cry. -- Anne Fernald, Fordham University