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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814114003321

Autore

De Gay Jane <1966->

Titolo

Virginia Woolf's novels and the literary past / / Jane de Gay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7486-5184-5

1-280-71573-1

9786610715732

0-7486-2635-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

HM 4815

Disciplina

823.912

Soggetti

English literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From woman reader to woman writer: The voyage out -- Tradition and exploration in Night and day -- Literature and survival: Jacob's room and Mrs Dalloway -- To the lighthouse and the ghost of Leslie Stephen -- Rewriting literary history in Orlando -- 'Lives together': literary and spiritual autobiographies in The waves -- Bringing the literary past to life in Between the acts -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to explore Virginia Woolfs preoccupation with the literary past and its profound impact on the content and structure of her novels.