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Woolf expanded the scope to include the art of poetry, literature, and in particular letter writing. In her view letter writing as an art "has only just come into existence". In Woolf's view poetry demands both facility in introspection, as well as a deep understanding of the human species.
The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (edited by Louise A. DeSalvo and Mitchell A. Leaska, Arrow, 1984) Vita and Harold: The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson (1992) Violet to Vita: The Letters of Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West 1910–1921 (edited by Mitchell A. Leaska and John Phillips, 1991)
In 2001, Louise DeSalvo and Mitchell A. Leaska edited The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Julia Briggs's Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life (2005) focuses on Woolf's writing, including her novels and her commentary on the creative process, to illuminate her life. The sociologist Pierre Bourdieu also uses Woolf's literature to ...
The Waves is a 1931 novel by English novelist Virginia Woolf.It is critically regarded as her most experimental work, [1] consisting of ambiguous and cryptic soliloquies spoken mainly by six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis. [2]
Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928, inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, Woolf's lover and close friend.
He is buried in Highgate Cemetery with his father and mother. Vanessa Bell's eldest son, the poet Julian Bell, was named after him. [4] He is the basis for the character of Tibby Schlegel in E.M. Forster's 1910 novel Howards End. Virginia Woolf's 1931 novel The Waves is considered by some critics to make significant reference to Thoby Stephen.
The French pictures: a letter to Harriet, Robert Mortimer and John Banting (1932) A letter from a black sheep, Francis Birrell (1932) A letter to W. B. Yeats, L. A. G. Strong (1932) A letter to a grandfather, Rebecca West (1933) A letter to a young poet, Virginia Woolf (1932) A letter to a modern novelist, Hugh Walpole (1932) A letter to an ...
The Question of Things Happening: Letters of Virginia Woolf vol 2 1913 - 1922 (1976) A Change of Perspective: Letters of Virginia Woolf vol 3 1923 - 1928 (1977) A Reflection of the Other Person: Letters of Virginia Woolf vol 4 1929 - 1931 (1978) The Sickle Side of the Moon: Letters of Virginia Woolf vol 5 1932 - 1935 (1979)