Walking Virginia Woolf’s London: An Investigation in Literary Geography (Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319556711 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Featuring an array of detailed maps, Walking Virginia Woolf’s London: An Investigation in Literary Geography brings a fascinating new perspective to Virginia Woolf’s work. This innovative volume employs theoretical tools from the field of literary geography to explore Virginia Woolf’s writing and the ways in which she constructs her human subjects. It follows the routes of characters from The Voyage, Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and more as they walk around London, demonstrating how Woolf constructs the characters in her stories in a very politically conscious way. As Larsson argue
Lisbeth Larsson has been Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Gothenburg since 2000. At present she heads the project Swedish Women Online. . Her major publications are in the fields of popular culture, feminism and biography. She edited and contributed to The History of Nordic Women’s Literature
From the Back Cover This innovative volume employs theoretical tools from the field of literary geography to explore Virginia Woolf’s writing and the ways in which she constructs her human subjects. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and more as they walk around London, demonstrating how Woolf constructs the characters in her stories in a very politically conscious way. It is essential reading for scholars of modernist literature or geocriticism. . Time, place, gender, and class form the conditions of life that the characters must accept or challenge. As Larsson argues, none of Woolf’s characters are able to walk just anywhere, at any time in history, or at any time of the day. Featuring an array of detailed maps, Walking Vir