Virginia Woolf by Eileen Barrett; Patricia Cramer

Virginia Woolf

Lesbian Readings

Eileen Barrett; Patricia Cramer

The last two decades have seen a resurgence of critical and popular attention to Virginia Woolf’s life and work. Such traditional institutions as The New York Review of Books now pair her with William Shakespeare in promotional advertisements; her face is used to sell everything from Barnes & Noble books to Bass Ale. Virginia Woolf: Lesbian Readings represents the first book devoted to Woolf’s lesbianism. Divided into two sections, Lesbian Intersections and Lesbian Readings of Woolf’s Novels, these essays focus on how Woolf’s private and public experience and knowledge of same-sex love influences her shorter fiction and novels. Lesbian Intersections includes personal narratives that trace the experience of reading Woolf through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Lesbian Readings of Woolf’s Novels provides lesbian interpretations of the individual novels, including Orlando, The Waves, and The Years. Breaking new ground in our understanding of the role Woolf’s love for women plays in her major writing, these essays shift the emphasis of lesbian interpretations from Woolf’s life to her work.

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Details

ISBN 9780814712641
Genre Literary History
Copyright Date 1997
Publication Date 31-Aug-97
Publisher New York University Press
Editor Eileen Barrett; Patricia Cramer
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 308
Rating NotRated
Editor Eileen Barrett; Patricia Cramer
Paper Type Electronic Format Available
Subject Feminism and literature; Homosexuality and literature; Lesbianism in literature; Lesbians in literature; Women and literature
BookID 14101

Author: LFWBooks