Virginia Woolf

ISBN-13: 9780582061514 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 214 str.

Rachel Bowlby

Opis

Part of the "Longman Critical Readers" series, this text represents a compilation of theoretical essays written on the work of Virginia Woolf, which aims to explore the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays and locate areas of disagreement between positions.

Spis treści

Preface  Acknowledgements  1. Introduction  2. The Brown Stocking, Erich Auerbach  3. Virginia Woolf and English culture, Tony Inglis  4. Mirrors and Fragments, Francoise Defromont  5. Narrative structure(s) and female development - the case of "Mrs Dalloway", Elizabeth Abel  6. "The Third Stroke" - reading Woolf with Freud, Mary Jacobus  7. Tradition and revision in Woolf's "Orlando" - Defoe and "The Jessamy Brides", Susan M. Squier  8. The island and the aeroplane - the case of Virginia Woolf, Gillian Beer  9. Woolf's room, our project - the building of feminist criticism, Catharine R. Stimpson  10. Penelope at work - interruptions in "A Room of One's Own", Peggy Kamuf  Notes on authors  Further Reading  Index

O autorze

Rachel Bowlby is Professor of English at University College London, UK.