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Loading... The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury (Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions)by Sarah M. Hall
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A fun little reference on not just Virginia Woolf, but the whole Bloombury group. This book is aimed at the reader who is interested in learning a little more about VW and her writing, and not at the VW scholar. Lots of pictures and information on her various homes, which is useful for the VW fan who visits London and wants to walk through her old neighbourhoods. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Virginia Woolf was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. As the author of works including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own, she is celebrated both as a Modernist and as a feminist icon. Her involvement in the lively and controversial Bloomsbury Group, which included the writer Lytton Strachey, the painters Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry and the economist Maynard Keynes, was a significant part of both her personal and creative lives. As a group they were witty, bold and original and their intellectual and artistic accomplishments have had a lasting impact. Popular fascination with Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group is reflected in the success of the recent films The Hours and Carrington. The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury is a fascinating guide to these intriguing characters. It presents Woolf as a dynamic individual with a wide and fascinating circle of friends. The book explores Woolf's early life and family, the origins and activities of the Bloomsbury Group and Woolf's later career and those of her friends. It also includes sections on the Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf and the Suffrage movement, the myths and reality of Virginia's death and the continuing presence of the Bloomsbury Group in popular culture. Packed with insight and information, and illustrated throughout, the companion is the ideal guide to Virginia Woolf and her contemporaries. No library descriptions found. |
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