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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... sense of the use of language . There is no premeditation , no effort at profundity ; her prose appears to swim and float through the air rather than to march firmly with its feet set upon the ground . But every sentence is formed ; they ...
... sense of the use of language . There is no premeditation , no effort at profundity ; her prose appears to swim and float through the air rather than to march firmly with its feet set upon the ground . But every sentence is formed ; they ...
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... senses which are stimulated so briskly by the moderns ; the senses of sight , of sound , of touch – above all , the sense of personality vibrating with perceptions which , since they are not generalised , but have their centre in some ...
... senses which are stimulated so briskly by the moderns ; the senses of sight , of sound , of touch – above all , the sense of personality vibrating with perceptions which , since they are not generalised , but have their centre in some ...
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... sense of compassion ; Mr Wells fills us with generous enthusiasm ; Mr Bennett ( in his early work ) gave us a sense of time . But their books are already a little chill , and must steadily grow more distant , for ' the foundation of ...
... sense of compassion ; Mr Wells fills us with generous enthusiasm ; Mr Bennett ( in his early work ) gave us a sense of time . But their books are already a little chill , and must steadily grow more distant , for ' the foundation of ...
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