Selected Essays by Virginia Woolf (English) Paperback Book

Description: Selected Essays by Virginia Woolf, David Bradshaw This selection brings together thirty of Woolfs best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A good essay must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in, not out. According to Virginia Woolf, the goal of the essay is simply that it should give pleasure...It should lay us under a spell with its first word, and we should only wake, refreshed, with its last. One of the best practitioners of the art she analysed so rewardingly, Woolf displayed her essay-writing skills across a wide range ofsubjects, with all the craftsmanship, substance, and rich allure of her novels. This selection brings together thirty of her best essays, including the famous Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, a clarion call for modernfiction. She discusses the arts of writing and of reading, and the particular role and reputation of women writers. She writes movingly about her father and the art of biography, and of the London scene in the early decades of the twentieth century. Overall, these pieces are as indispensable to an understanding of this great writer as they are enchanting in their own right. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widestrange of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Notes 30 of her best essays, discussing the art of writing and reading. Author Biography 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. Table of Contents The Decay of Essay-WritingModern FictionThe Modern EssayHow it Strikes a ContemporaryMr Bennett and Mrs BrownCharacter in FictionImpassioned ProseHow Should One Read a Book?Poetry, Fiction and the FutureCraftsmanshipThe Feminine Note in FictionWomen NovelistsWomen and FictionProfessions for WomenMemories of a Working Womens GuildWhy?The New BiographyOn Being IllThe Art of BiographyThunder at WembleyThe CinemaStreet Haunting: A London AdventureThe Sun and the FishThe Docks of LondonOxford Street TideEvening over Sussex: Reflections in a Motor CarFlying over LondonWhy Art Today Follows PoliticsThoughts on Peace in an Air Raid Review Brilliant and subtle essays. * Independent on Sunday. * Long Description A good essay must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in, not out. According to Virginia Woolf, the goal of the essay is simply that it should give pleasure...It should lay us under a spell with its first word, and we should only wake, refreshed, with its last. One of the best practitioners of the art she analysed so rewardingly, Woolf displayed her essay-writing skills across a wide range ofsubjects, with all the craftsmanship, substance, and rich allure of her novels. This selection brings together thirty of her best essays, including the famous Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, a clarion call for modernfiction. She discusses the arts of writing and of reading, and the particular role and reputation of women writers. She writes movingly about her father and the art of biography, and of the London scene in the early decades of the twentieth century. Overall, these pieces are as indispensable to an understanding of this great writer as they are enchanting in their own right. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widestrange of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Review Quote Brilliant and subtle essays. Feature This is the only one-volume edition of Virginia Woolfs essays to bring together the best of her essays across the span of her career.Woolfs essays range from critical considerations of modern fiction and the craft of writing, to women writers and the London scene, as well as more personal essays on her father and the art of biography.One of the best essayists of the twentieth-century, Woolfs non-fiction is as important for an understanding of this great writer as are her novels, and equally important as an introduction to Modernism.Includes her important statement on modern fiction Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, attacking the realism of Arnold Bennett and advocating the more fluid style that she pioneered.Introduction and notes by David Bradshaw, editor of the OWC editions of Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse Details ISBN0199556067 Author David Bradshaw Pages 288 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Worlds Classics Year 2009 ISBN-10 0199556067 ISBN-13 9780199556069 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 824.912 Death 1941 Publication Date 2009-10-15 Edited by David Bradshaw Short Title SEL ESSAYS Language English Residence ENK UK Release Date 2009-10-15 NZ Release Date 2009-10-15 Birth 1927 Affiliation Reader in English Literature, Oxford University Position Professor of Social Science and Humanities Qualifications FBA Audience General AU Release Date 2010-01-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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