A Room of One's Own The Feminist Classic
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
25.03.2021
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Tom Butler-BowdonVerlag
John Wiley & Sons IncSeitenzahl
208
Maße (L/B/H)
20,1/13,5/1,9 cm
Gewicht
312 g
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-85708-882-6
Discover Virginia Woolf's landmark essay on women's struggle for independence and creative opportunity
A Room of One's Own is one of Virginia Woolf's most influential works and widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women's movement. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, it is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë to the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted (imaginary) sister, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. The work was ranked by The Guardian newspaper as number 45 in the 100 World's Best Non-fiction Books. Part of the bestselling Capstone series, this collectible, hard-back edition of A Room of One's Own includes an insightful introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve that explains the book's place in modernist literature and why it still resonates with contemporary readers.
Born in 1882, Virginia Woolf was one of the most forward-thinking English writers of her time. Author of the classic novels Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), she was also a prolific writer of essays, diaries, letters and biographies, and a member of the celebrated Bloomsbury Set of intellectuals and artists.
* Discover why A Room of One's Own is considered among the greatest and most influential works of female empowerment and creativity
* Learn why Woolf's classic has stood the test of time. Make this attractive, high-quality hardcover edition a permanent addition to your library
* Enjoy an insightful introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve, who connects the themes of the text to the concerns of today's audience
Capstone Classics brings A Room of One's Own to a new generation of readers who can discover how Woolf's book broke new artistic ground and advanced the position of women writers and creatives around the world.
A Room of One's Own is one of Virginia Woolf's most influential works and widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women's movement. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, it is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë to the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted (imaginary) sister, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. The work was ranked by The Guardian newspaper as number 45 in the 100 World's Best Non-fiction Books. Part of the bestselling Capstone series, this collectible, hard-back edition of A Room of One's Own includes an insightful introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve that explains the book's place in modernist literature and why it still resonates with contemporary readers.
Born in 1882, Virginia Woolf was one of the most forward-thinking English writers of her time. Author of the classic novels Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), she was also a prolific writer of essays, diaries, letters and biographies, and a member of the celebrated Bloomsbury Set of intellectuals and artists.
* Discover why A Room of One's Own is considered among the greatest and most influential works of female empowerment and creativity
* Learn why Woolf's classic has stood the test of time. Make this attractive, high-quality hardcover edition a permanent addition to your library
* Enjoy an insightful introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve, who connects the themes of the text to the concerns of today's audience
Capstone Classics brings A Room of One's Own to a new generation of readers who can discover how Woolf's book broke new artistic ground and advanced the position of women writers and creatives around the world.
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Virginia Woolf's most critic eye
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In this short essay, Virginia Woolf reflects that in her time, women had no wealth to pass down, no colleges of their own, and no rooms where they could shut the door and write. Men dined on luxury and conversation that fueled their creativity, while women were scraping together pennies to build schools. What Woolf really shows us is that genies isn’t just about talent, it’s about conditions. Who gets time, money , and space to think? Who doesn’t? And that questions is still worth asking today.
In this feminist classic Woolf...
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In this feminist classic Woolf analyzes how economic independence and cultural and literary freedom are intertwined and how both was denied to women for many centuries. Sadly STILL RELEVANT!
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