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Who's afraid of Leonard Woolf? : a case for the sanity of Virginia Woolf /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coates, Irene, 1925-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Soho Press, 2000.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941 > Psychology.
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941 > Marriage.
Woolf, Leonard, > 1880-1969 > Marriage.
Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography.
Political scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Suicide victims > Great Britain > Biography.
Married people > Great Britain > Biography.
Suicide.
Suicide
Romanciers anglais > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Politologues > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Suicidés > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Couples mariés > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
suicides.
Woolf, Leonard, > 1880-1969
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941
Marriage.
Married people.
Novelists, English.
Political scientists.
Psychology.
Suicide victims.
Great Britain.
Selbstmord
Ehe
Psychologie
Virginia
Woolf, Leonard > Publizist.
1900-1999
Biography
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Aboard and see-saw
  • Virginia's need for support
  • Leonard tells his story
  • Tying the knot
  • Part two: The servile state of marriage
  • Leonard takes over
  • Leonard exposes himself
  • Beginning and end of the good wife
  • Part three: Virginia learns to ride the see-saw
  • Bringing the dead to life
  • A death of vita
  • Watershed
  • Part four: The coming of Mabel and Louise
  • Towards the death pole
  • Virginia exposes Leonard
  • Part five: Make believe
  • Dwindling island of insecurity
  • Untying the knot.