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Virginia Woolf
Hermione Lee
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Description for Virginia Woolf
Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 624.
Hermione Lee sees Virginia Woolf afresh, in her historical setting and as a vital figure for our times. Her book moves freely between a richly detailed life-story and new attempts to understand crucial questions - the impact of her childhood, the cause and nature of her madness and suicide, the truth about her marriage, her feelings for women, her prejudies and obsessions. This is a vivid, close-up portrait, returning to primary sources, and showing Woolf as occupying a distinct, even uneasy position with 'Bloomsbury'. It is a writer's life, illustrating how the concerns of her work arise and develop, and ... Read more
Hermione Lee sees Virginia Woolf afresh, in her historical setting and as a vital figure for our times. Her book moves freely between a richly detailed life-story and new attempts to understand crucial questions - the impact of her childhood, the cause and nature of her madness and suicide, the truth about her marriage, her feelings for women, her prejudies and obsessions. This is a vivid, close-up portrait, returning to primary sources, and showing Woolf as occupying a distinct, even uneasy position with 'Bloomsbury'. It is a writer's life, illustrating how the concerns of her work arise and develop, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099732518
SKU
9780099732518
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee's books include the internationally acclaimed biography Virginia Woolf, a collection of essays on life-writing, Body Parts, and a study of Elizabeth Bowen. She has written on many American authors, from Willa Cather to Philip Roth. She is a well-known reviewer and broadcaster, and, in 2006, Chair of the judges for the Man-Booker Prize. She is the first woman ... Read more
Reviews for Virginia Woolf
An outstanding achievement...superb
Selena Hastings
Sunday Telegraph
It is a lasting, and even a great, book. These are not terms one gets to use often, or should ever use lightly
Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours Lee's book is not only very good, but very necessary
Penelope Fitzgerald One ... Read more
Selena Hastings
Sunday Telegraph
It is a lasting, and even a great, book. These are not terms one gets to use often, or should ever use lightly
Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours Lee's book is not only very good, but very necessary
Penelope Fitzgerald One ... Read more