Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
Focuses on Virginia Woolf, one of the towering figures of literary modernism. Following the chronology of Woolf's life, this title considers each of the novels in context, gives due prominence to her dazzlingly inventive essays, traces the contentious course of her afterlife, and shows why Virginia Woolf continues to haunt and inspire us.
'A masterclass in the art of slimming down scholarship without dumbing it down … armed with the insights from this most enjoyable text, I can’t wait to go back to the novels and try again' - 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
'The critical evaluations of Woolf’s novels are elegant and searching … an ideal introduction' - Financial Times
'Harris tells the story crisply and with personality, and the book is beautifully produced by Thames & Hudson’' - Guardian
'A miracle of clarity and concision' - Washington Post
'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
'The critical evaluations of Woolf’s novels are elegant and searching … an ideal introduction' - Financial Times
'Harris tells the story crisply and with personality, and the book is beautifully produced by Thames & Hudson’' - Guardian
'A miracle of clarity and concision' - Washington Post
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 | 9780500515921 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500515921 |
| Title | Virginia Woolf |
| Author | Alexandra Harris |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-09-19 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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