Katherine Hilbery, torn between past and present, is a figure
reflecting Woolf's own struggle with history. Both have illustrious
literary ancestors: in Katherine's case, her poet grandfather, and in
Woolf's, her father Leslie Stephen, writer, philosopher, and editor.
Both desire to break away from the demands of the previous generation
without disowning it altogether. Katherine must decide whether or not
she loves the iconoclastic Ralph Denham; Woolf seeks a way of
experimenting with the novel for that still allows her to express her
affection for the literature of the past. This is the most traditional
of Woolf's novels, yet even here we can see her beginning to break
free; in this, her second novel, with its strange mixture of comedy
and high seriousness, Woolf had already found her own characteristic
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ISBN
9780191500947
Publisert
2020
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OUP Oxford
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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