Virginia Woolf: Ambivalent Activist Contributor(s): Jones, Clara (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474423167 ISBN-13: 9781474423168 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
Dewey: 823.912 |
LCCN: 2016297406 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Rescues the particularities of Virginia Woolf's political and social participation, tracing her career as an activist across forty-five years Clara Jones re-reads Woolf's fiction and non-fiction in light of her examination of the details of Woolf's involvement with Morley College, the People's Suffrage Federation, the Women's Co-operative Guild and the National Federation of Women's Institutes. Drawing on extensive archival research into these organisations, Jones also positions Woolf's activism with regard to the institutional contexts in which she worked. Virginia Woolf: Ambivalent Activist demonstrates the degree to which Woolf was sensitive to the internal politics and conflicts of the bodies she was associated with and the ways in which she interrogated her ambivalent attitudes towards her activism throughout her literary career. Focusing on texts that represent the range of Woolf's literary output, this book includes essays, unpublished sketches, Woolf's social realist 1919 novel Night and Day, and her final, visionary novel Between the Acts. This approach to Woolf's writing takes an integrated view, incorporating her juvenilia and foregrounding Woolf's critically neglected early novels. Rather than offering readings of Woolf's well-known 'political' works, Jones instead uncovers the unexpected ways in which Woolf's activism made its way into unlikely texts. Key Features
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