Emily Kopley's outstanding book Virginia Woolf and Poetry is, surprisingly, the first fully to explore the mysterious status of poetry in Woolf's work and to articulate debates about the poetics with which her writing engages. [....] Every page of this insightful, sustained work contains a gem that will help readers appreciate an aspect of Woolf's writing afresh. [....] Critical works come and go, reflective of the theoretical fashions of the times. Only a few will be read on into the future because they have definitively altered our understanding; Virginia Woolf and Poetry is such a book.
Emily Kopley received her bachelor's degree from Yale University and her doctorate from Stanford University. She is a Research Affiliate in the Department of English at Concordia University. Her work on Woolf has appeared in The Review of English Studies, the TLS, and elsewhere. She is a board member of Woolf Studies Annual.