Virginia Woolf
Published on 19. September 2011
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-500-51592-1 (ISBN)
Description
Alexandra Harris's hugely acclaimed book Romantic Moderns (winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award) overturned our picture of modernist culture during the interwar years. In this, her second book, she brings her attention to one of the towering figures of literary modernism. It is an intensely pleasurable read that weaves together the life and work of Virginia Woolf, and serves as an ideal introduction to both. Following the chronology of Woolf's life, it considers each of the novels in context, gives due prominence to her dazzlingly inventive essays, traces the contentious course of her 'afterlife' and shows why, seventy years after her death,Virginia Woolf continues to haunt and inspire us.
Reviews / Votes
'A masterclass in the art of slimming down scholarship without dumbing it down ... armed with the insights from this most enjoyable text, I can't wait to go back to the novels and try again' - Sussex Life 'A wonderfully perceptive, unpretentious study which is pacy in style, riveting in content and perfectly accessible to the most obdurate Woolf-avoider ... by the final page Harris has made you desperate to tackle the novels, to get stuck in and to submerge yourself in Woolf's unmistakable, wholly original and imaginative responses to the world' - Daily Mail 'The critical evaluations of Woolf's novels are elegant and searching ... an ideal introduction' - Financial Times 'Harris tells the story crisply and with personality, and the book is beautifully produced by Thames & Hudson'' - Guardian 'A miracle of clarity and concision' - Washington PostMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
46 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-51592-1 (9780500515921)
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Person
Alexandra Harris studied at Oxford and at the Courtauld Institute in London, and worked at Christie's for a year before returning to Oxford to write a doctorate on art and literature in the 1930s. She is now a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool, running courses on Modernism and American writing, and leading the MA in Contemporary Literature. Her first full-length book, Romantic Moderns, was the winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award. Alexandra Harris was also a winner in the BBC's 'New Generation Thinkers' contest in 2011.
Content
Foreword * 1. Victorians (1882-1895) * 2. Getting Through (1896-1904) 3. Setting Up (1905-1915) * 4. Making a Mark (1916-1922) * 5. 'Drawn on and on' (1923-1925) * 6. 'This is It' (1925-1927) * 7. A Writer's Holiday (1927-1928) * 8. Voices (1929-1931) 9. The Argument of Art (1934-1938) * 10. Sussex (1938-1941) * Afterwards