Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
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Summary
This Reader's Guide introduces the criticism surrounding Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway from its initial reception to the present day. Incorporating various schools of criticism, such as feminism, post-structuralism and psychoanalysis, Michael H. Whitworth creates an invaluable guide to the literature on Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
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Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway by Michael Whitworth
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway (1925) has long been recognised as one of her outstanding achievements and one of the canonical works of modernist fiction. Each generation of readers has found something new within its pages, which is reflected in its varying critical reception over the last ninety years. As the novel concerns itself with women's place in society, war and madness, it was naturally interpreted differently in the ages of second wave feminism, the Vietnam War and the anti-psychiatry movement. This has, of course, created a rather daunting number of different readings. Michael H. Whitworth contextualizes the most important critical work and draws attention to the distinctive discourses of critical schools, noting their endurance and interplay. Whitworth also examines how adaptations, such as Michael Cunningham's The Hours, can act as critical works in themselves, creating an invaluable guide to Mrs Dalloway.
'I welcome this thorough and deft overview of the criticism of MrsDalloway-alert to both the foibles and insights of criticism from 1925 to the present moment. Ranging widely among well-known and nearly-forgotten commentaries from around the globe, this short book offers an accessible, authoritative survey. Rich in quotations, Michael Whitworth's study deftly places ninety years of criticism in the context of broader developments in literary criticism and theory.' - Anne E. Fernald, Fordham University, USA
Michael Whitworth is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature at Merton College, Oxford. He has published widely on Virginia Woolf and Modernism.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780230506411 |
| ISBN 10 | 0230506410 |
| Title | Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway |
| Author | Michael Whitworth |
| Series | Readers' Guides To Essential Criticism |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2015-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |