Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is now generally recognized as the author
of two of the twentieth century's greatest literary works, To the
Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway, both of which employ a style of
narration that has come to be known as "stream of consciousness"
because it focuses on the interior—and not always logical—movement
of thought that make up the better part of most people's psyches. The
Ramsays are holidaying in the Hebrides, and young James Ramsay is keen
to visit a lighthouse; his father and mother respond quite differently
to the idea, but his father prevails. Through this and a variety of
other incidents a portrait of the family and their friends comes into
focus; most clearly of all, at the family’s centre, the
consciousness of Mrs. Ramsay emerges. In the book's final section,
Mrs. Ramsay has died, as have two of the Ramsay children—Andrew in
the war, Prue in childbirth. In this sombre context, James and his
father finally make the trip to the lighthouse. This Broadview edition
provides a reliable text at a very reasonable price. It contains
textual notes but no appendices or introduction.
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9781460404225
Publisert
2013
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Broadview Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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