To The Lighthouse

Woolf, Virginia; Hussey, Mark (INT); Hussey, Mark (EDT); Hussey, Mark

ISBN 10: 0156030470 / ISBN 13: 9780156030472

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2005

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Unread book in perfect condition.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3236364

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: To The Lighthouse
• Verlag: Mariner Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0156030470
• ISBN-13: 9780156030472
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: As New

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Inhaltsangabe

The annotated, authorized edition of one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century with commentary by leading Virginia Woolf scholar Mark Hussey.

From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and conflict between men and women.

To the Lighthouse is made up of three powerfully charged visions into the life of the Ramsay family living in a summer house off the rocky coast of Scotland. There’s the serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, their eight children, and assorted holiday guests. With the lighthouse excursion postponed, Woolf shows the small joys and quiet tragedies of everyday life that seemingly could go on forever.

But as time winds its way through their lives, the Ramsays face, alone and together, the greatest of human challenges and its greatest triumph—the human capacity for change.

A moving portrait in miniature of family life, To the Lighthouse also has profoundly universal implications, giving language to the silent space that separates people and the space that they transgress to reach each other.

This authorized edition from the Virginia Woolf library features:

• Biographical Preface
• Chronology
• Introduction to the text
• Extensive notes
• Suggestions for further reading

This annotated edition is the perfect companion to more fully understand To the Lighthouse, its importance in twentieth century literature, and Virginia Woolf's world. 

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941), one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century, transformed the art of the novel. The author of numerous novels, collections of letters, journals, and short stories, she was an admired literary critic and a master of the essay form.

MARK HUSSEY, general editor of Harcourt's new annotated Woolf series, is professor of English and women's and gender studies, and editor of the Woolf Studies Annual, at Pace University. He lives in Upper Nyack, New York.