To the Lighthouse
A Norton Critical Edition
Published on 25. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-393-42259-7 (ISBN)
Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
* The American edition of the novel, first published by Harcourt Brace in 1927, introduced and annotated by Margaret Homans.
* A 1924-28 chronology of To the Lighthouse's composition, revision, publication and reception.
* A rich selection of background materials, thematically organized for ease of reference. Topics include: "Autobiographical Writings," "Family and Other Contemporary Contexts and Sources," "Essays by Virginia Woolf," and "Literary Sources."
* Nine critical assessments of To the Lighthouse, from publication to the present day, by Arthur Sydney McDowell, Louis Kronenberger, Mary Colum, Francis Brown, Erich Auerbach, Adrienne Rich, Rachel Bowlby, Pamela L. Caughie, and Urmila Seshagiri.
* A chronology and a selected bibliography
* The American edition of the novel, first published by Harcourt Brace in 1927, introduced and annotated by Margaret Homans.
* A 1924-28 chronology of To the Lighthouse's composition, revision, publication and reception.
* A rich selection of background materials, thematically organized for ease of reference. Topics include: "Autobiographical Writings," "Family and Other Contemporary Contexts and Sources," "Essays by Virginia Woolf," and "Literary Sources."
* Nine critical assessments of To the Lighthouse, from publication to the present day, by Arthur Sydney McDowell, Louis Kronenberger, Mary Colum, Francis Brown, Erich Auerbach, Adrienne Rich, Rachel Bowlby, Pamela L. Caughie, and Urmila Seshagiri.
* A chronology and a selected bibliography
Reviews / Votes
"Margaret Homans' vision of To the Lighthouse is replete. A magnificent array of contexts complements the annotated text, including familial and literary sources for the novel; a chronology of its composition and reception; early reviews; and scholarly interpretations addressing gender, empire, and the role of the artist. The introduction considers the novel's debt to philosophy, its structure and style, its revelation of the social changes wrought by World War I, and the effect of its Scottish setting. Having studied Woolf with Margaret Homans as an undergraduate, I am delighted that her thoughtful teaching is now widely available in this wonderful classroom edition." -- Emily Kopley, McGill UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-42259-7 (9780393422597)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was the world-renowned author of Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and The Waves, among other works. Margaret Homans is a professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Yale University. She is the author of Bearing the Word: Language and Female Experience in Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing; Royal Representations: Queen Victoria and British Culture, 1837?1876; Women Writers and Poetic Identity: Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Bronte, and Emily Dickinson; The Imprint of Another Life: Adoption Narratives and Human Possibility; and Virginia Woolf: A Collection of Critical Essays.