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Virginia Woolf and Fascism
Merry Pawlowski
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Description for Virginia Woolf and Fascism
Hardback. This work probes Woolf's fiction and non-fiction from "Mrs. Dalloway" (1927) to "Between the Acts" (1941), for her responses not only to the growing menaces of dictators abroad, but also to mounting evidence of fascist ideology at home in England. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 475.
This unique collection of essays, edited by leading Woolf scholar, brings together for the first time a serious consideration of Virginia Woolf's writing within the political context of fascism. Virginia Woolf and Fascism probes Woolf's fiction and non-fiction from Mrs. Dalloway in 1927 to Between the Acts , 1941, for her responses not only to the growing menaces of dictators abroad, but also to mounting evidence of fascist ideology at home in England. The essays present a portrait of Woolf as a woman writer who was politically engaged, and actively protesting against a worldview which aggressively targeted women for oppression. ... Read more
This unique collection of essays, edited by leading Woolf scholar, brings together for the first time a serious consideration of Virginia Woolf's writing within the political context of fascism. Virginia Woolf and Fascism probes Woolf's fiction and non-fiction from Mrs. Dalloway in 1927 to Between the Acts , 1941, for her responses not only to the growing menaces of dictators abroad, but also to mounting evidence of fascist ideology at home in England. The essays present a portrait of Woolf as a woman writer who was politically engaged, and actively protesting against a worldview which aggressively targeted women for oppression. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333801154
SKU
V9780333801154
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About Merry Pawlowski
QUENTIN BELL formerly Professor of Art, University of Leeds, Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford and Professor of the History and Theory of Art, University of Sussex JESSICA BERMAN Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County MARIE-LUISE GATTENS Associate Professor of German, Southern Methodist University LIA GIACHERO Author LEIGH CORAL HARRIS Women's Studies Programme, University ... Read more
Reviews for Virginia Woolf and Fascism
'...this splendid collection of essays...expands our appreciation of Woolf and other radical feminists of the late 1930s.' - Virginia Woolf Miscellany