The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1919-1924Hogarth Press, 1986 - 551 pagina's This is the third volume in a series on the complete non-fiction work of Virginia Woolf, which contains her essays, diaries and letters. This particular book is a compilation of Virginia Woolf's reviews and essays, including 80 previously uncollected pieces, spanning the years 1919-1924, while she worked on her novels "Night and Day", "Jacob's Room" and "Mrs Dalloway" and edited works such as T.S.Eliot's "The Wasteland" for The Hogarth Press. They reveal not only her talent as a critic and essayist, but also provide an insight into her understanding of writing, her creativity and her opinions on plays, films and paintings. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is one of English literature's greatest writers renowned for her novels, stories, diaries and letters. With her husband Leonard Woolf, she founded The Hogarth Press. |
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Pagina 159
... beauty . Are we not already lost or sunk or enticed with the very first words ? ' When the Funeral pyre was out , and the last valediction over , men took a lasting adieu to their interred Friends.'36 But why beauty should have the ...
... beauty . Are we not already lost or sunk or enticed with the very first words ? ' When the Funeral pyre was out , and the last valediction over , men took a lasting adieu to their interred Friends.'36 But why beauty should have the ...
Pagina 231
... beauty of scene and romance of circumstance until the slightest movement tells like that of an actor upon the stage . Perhaps the reason of our hesitation is to be found in that sentence . In the earlier part of the book beauty has ...
... beauty of scene and romance of circumstance until the slightest movement tells like that of an actor upon the stage . Perhaps the reason of our hesitation is to be found in that sentence . In the earlier part of the book beauty has ...
Pagina 233
... beauty is exceptionally lusty , would have gratified it more simply and fully than is likely to be possible again . Writing now with beauty as one's theme , how can one avoid taking as symbols of two different ideals two statues , both ...
... beauty is exceptionally lusty , would have gratified it more simply and fully than is likely to be possible again . Writing now with beauty as one's theme , how can one avoid taking as symbols of two different ideals two statues , both ...
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