Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
Weaving together the life and work of Virginia Woolf, this book serves as an introduction to both. Following the chronology of Woolfs life, it gives due prominence to her dazzlingly inventive essays, traces the contentious course of her afterlife and shows why, seventy years after her death.
'Harris gives vivid, succinct accounts of the astonishingly varied novels … [Her] lively appreciation makes you hungry to read the wilder Woolf' - Independent
'Harris tells the story crisply and with personality, and the book is beautifully produced' - Guardian
'Bestselling writer Alexandra Harris brings a new richness to a familiar narrative … a masterclass in the art of slimming down scholarship without dumbing it down' - Sussex Life
'A wonderfully perceptive, unpretentious study which is pacy in style, riveting in content and perfectly accessible to the most obdurate Woolf-avoider … by the final page Harris has made you desperate to tackle the novels, to get stuck in and to submerge yourself in Woolf’s unmistakable, wholly original and imaginative responses to the world' - Daily Mail (Book of the Week)
'A miracle of clarity and concision' - Washington Post
'Harris's [book] is a pencil sketch in clear brisk linesAs an introduction to Woolf, Harris's study will do very well: she writes beautifully, with an eye for lucid detail' - Sunday Times
'The critical evaluations of Woolf's novels are elegant and searching; the analysis of Orlando is especially acute ... an ideal introduction' - Financial Times
'An enjoyable potted account of a fascinating life lived during a fast-changing period of history ... Dr Harris is a supple writer, easy to read, and packs a lot in' - Country Life
'Superlative, interesting and accessible read about a truly fascinating author and the books she wrote. ...As a biography this is both extremely moving and also enlightening' - Parent Talk
'Harris presents a Woolf for the early 21st century ... Harris achieves what she set out to do with considerable aplomb' - The Spectator
'Harris tells the story crisply and with personality, and the book is beautifully produced' - Guardian
'Bestselling writer Alexandra Harris brings a new richness to a familiar narrative … a masterclass in the art of slimming down scholarship without dumbing it down' - Sussex Life
'A wonderfully perceptive, unpretentious study which is pacy in style, riveting in content and perfectly accessible to the most obdurate Woolf-avoider … by the final page Harris has made you desperate to tackle the novels, to get stuck in and to submerge yourself in Woolf’s unmistakable, wholly original and imaginative responses to the world' - Daily Mail (Book of the Week)
'A miracle of clarity and concision' - Washington Post
'Harris's [book] is a pencil sketch in clear brisk linesAs an introduction to Woolf, Harris's study will do very well: she writes beautifully, with an eye for lucid detail' - Sunday Times
'The critical evaluations of Woolf's novels are elegant and searching; the analysis of Orlando is especially acute ... an ideal introduction' - Financial Times
'An enjoyable potted account of a fascinating life lived during a fast-changing period of history ... Dr Harris is a supple writer, easy to read, and packs a lot in' - Country Life
'Superlative, interesting and accessible read about a truly fascinating author and the books she wrote. ...As a biography this is both extremely moving and also enlightening' - Parent Talk
'Harris presents a Woolf for the early 21st century ... Harris achieves what she set out to do with considerable aplomb' - The Spectator
Alexandra Harris studied at Oxford and at the Courtauld Institute in London, and worked at Christie's for a year before returning to Oxford to write a doctorate on art and literature in the 1930s. She is now a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool, running courses on Modernism and American writing, and leading the MA in Contemporary Literature. Her first full-length book, Romantic Moderns, was the winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award. Alexandra Harris was also a winner in the BBC's 'New Generation Thinkers' contest in 2011.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500290866 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500290865 |
| Title | Virginia Woolf |
| Author | Alexandra Harris |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-02-18 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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