A Room of One's Own: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition - Softcover

Woolf, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156787334 ISBN 13: 9780156787338

Verlag: Mariner Books Classics, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

(Woolf's father, in line with the thinking of the era, believed that only the boys of the family should be sent to school. Because her father did not believe in investing in the education of his daughters, Woolf was left without the experience of formal schooling. In delivering the lectures outline in the essay, Woolf is speaking to women who have the opportunity to learn in a formal, communal setting. Woolf lets her audience know the importance of their education at the same time warning them of the precariousness of their position in society)

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Virginia Woolf's landmark inquiry into women's role in society

 

In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister—a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, and equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. If only she had found the means to create, argues Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay, she takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give voice to those who are without. Her message is a simple one: women must have a fixed income and a room of their own in order to have the freedom to create.

 

Biografía del autor

VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels.

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• Verlag: Mariner Books Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0156787334
• ISBN 13: 9780156787338
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 114