ostensibly a disquisition on function of anger (corrupting) in art.

"Shakespeare has consumed all impediments and become incandescent." And therefore nothing is known of him (my paraphrase)

dubious line of argument, particularly with respect to the construction of modern works (albeit the critique does occasionally ring true). Really this is a superior Portrait of the Artist in the vein that one compares Lighthouse to Ulysses.

Amusing to note Kipling is dated even in her time:

"One blushes at all these capital letters as if one had been caught eavesdropping at some purely masculine orgy."

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I know I am SUPPOSED to love this but I mostly just mostly liked it. ( )

Feminist essay about the societal restrictions on female literary genius.
Woolf biting comments on men writing about women, clearly as repugnant to her then as they are now, particularly as they reflect a pernicious misogyny of the times (weaker sex, smaller brains, physically smaller = inferior).
Musings on women's life in Elizabethan England reflect the attitudes of Woolfs time more than historical reality, largely due to increased academic study of early modern women's lives. Many of woolfs points have been refuted e,g. early marriage versus average marriage age of 26 for women and 29 for men, high status women were often well educated in a humanist tradition and were probably better educated than Woolf's contemporaries, women could own property in their own right although with puritan influence this was being eroded etc. ( )

That felt beautiful .. really .. the writing was sooo good
As for the content , one can't even comprehend how things were much harder for women back there ... how many female Shakespeare had the history failed , how many female Einsteins couldn't pursue her passions due to her "duties" ... it was so thought-provoking and -again- beautiful ,agonizing and hopeful all at the same time .
Why not five stars ?! I really didn't understand some sentences that just felt imo not related to the main subject at hand like how she was walking through the streets or observing the greens and some sentences I really couldn't get the hang of it for I am so used to modern English so I guess the fault was mine ( )

Very interesting Never thought so thoroughly about this subject. But it is also very priveledged and until this day, many women cannot break the rut. ( )