Virginia Woolf's novels and the literary past / Jane de Gay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Gay, Jane, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.

Woolf, Virginia.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Books and reading.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book to explore Virginia Woolfs preoccupation with the literary past and its profound impact on the content and structure of her novels.

Contents:

From woman reader to woman writer: The voyage out

Tradition and exploration in Night and day

Literature and survival: Jacob's room and Mrs Dalloway

To the lighthouse and the ghost of Leslie Stephen

Rewriting literary history in Orlando

'Lives together': literary and spiritual autobiographies in The waves

Bringing the literary past to life in Between the acts

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5184-5

1-280-71573-1

9786610715732

0-7486-2635-2

OCLC:

476028322

Publisher Number:

9780748626359

9780748623495