'A good essay must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in, not out.' According to Virginia Woolf, the goal of the essay 'is simply that it should give pleasure...It should lay us under a spell with its first word, and we should only wake, refreshed, with its last.' One of the best practitioners of the art she analysed so rewardingly, Woolf displayed her essay-writing skills across a wide range of subjects, with all the craftsmanship, substance, and rich allure of her novels. This selection brings together thirty of her best essays, including the famous 'Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown', a clarion call for modern fiction. She discusses the arts of writing and of reading, and the particular role and reputation of women writers. She writes movingly about her father and the art of biography, and of the London scene in the early decades of the twentieth century. Overall, these pieces are as indispensable to an understanding of this great writer as they are enchanting in their own right. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer.
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The Decay of Essay-Writing ; Modern Fiction ; The Modern Essay ; How it Strikes a Contemporary ; Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown ; Character in Fiction ; Impassioned Prose ; How Should One Read a Book? ; Poetry, Fiction and the Future ; Craftsmanship ; The Feminine Note in Fiction ; Women Novelists ; Women and Fiction ; Professions for Women ; Memories of a Working Women's Guild ; Why? ; The New Biography ; On Being Ill ; The Art of Biography ; Thunder at Wembley ; The Cinema ; Street Haunting: A London Adventure ; The Sun and the Fish ; The Docks of London ; Oxford Street Tide ; Evening over Sussex: Reflections in a Motor Car ; Flying over London ; Why Art Today Follows Politics ; Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid
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Brilliant and subtle essays.
This is the only one-volume edition of Virginia Woolf's essays to bring together the best of her essays across the span of her career. Woolf's essays range from critical considerations of modern fiction and the craft of writing, to women writers and the London scene, as well as more personal essays on her father and the art of biography. One of the best essayists of the twentieth-century, Woolf's non-fiction is as important for an understanding of this great writer as are her novels, and equally important as an introduction to Modernism. Includes her important statement on modern fiction 'Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown', attacking the realism of Arnold Bennett and advocating the more fluid style that she pioneered. Introduction and notes by David Bradshaw, editor of the OWC editions of Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse
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This is the only one-volume edition of Virginia Woolf's essays to bring together the best of her essays across the span of her career. Woolf's essays range from critical considerations of modern fiction and the craft of writing, to women writers and the London scene, as well as more personal essays on her father and the art of biography. One of the best essayists of the twentieth-century, Woolf's non-fiction is as important for an understanding of this great writer as are her novels, and equally important as an introduction to Modernism. Includes her important statement on modern fiction 'Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown', attacking the realism of Arnold Bennett and advocating the more fluid style that she pioneered. Introduction and notes by David Bradshaw, editor of the OWC editions of Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse
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ISBN
9780199556069
Publisert
2009
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Oxford University Press
Vekt
213 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Engelsk
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Heftet
Antall sider
288

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