The measure of life : Virginia Woolf's last years /
This elegantly written and richly detailed biography, illustrated with twenty-four photographs, tells the story of Virginia Woolf's last ten years, from the creation of her great visionary novel, The Waves, to her suicide in 1941. Herbert Marder looks closely at Woolf's views on totalitari...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, N.Y. ; London :
Cornell University Press,
2000
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| Summary: | This elegantly written and richly detailed biography, illustrated with twenty-four photographs, tells the story of Virginia Woolf's last ten years, from the creation of her great visionary novel, The Waves, to her suicide in 1941. Herbert Marder looks closely at Woolf's views on totalitarianism and her depictions of Britain under siege to create a remarkable portrait of a mature and renowned writer during a time of rising fascist violence. - Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 418 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801487617 9780801487613 |