Virginia Woolf and the Poetry of Fiction

Originally published in 1990, Virginia Woolf and the Poetry of Fiction, provides a stylistic study of the fiction of Virginia Woolf. The book examines what is generally described as a 'traditional novel', examining such works as Jacob's Room, and the way in which meaning is nonetheless conveyed poetically. The book argues that her early novels, are shown to contain writing of considerable sophistication and maturity and how her major works of fiction are approached in a more specific way: Mrs Dalloway through its poetic rhythms, To the Lighthouse as a multi-perspectival exploration of a reality embodied in a single image, and The Waves as a play-poem.

List of contents

Acknowledgements A Note on the Texts Introduction 1. Symbolic Intrusions in The Voyage Out 2. ‘Shaping Fantasies’ in Night and Day 3. The Poetic Narrative of Jacobs Room 4. The Rhythmic Order of Mrs Dalloway 5. To the Lighthouse: An Elegy 6. The Waves: A Playpoem 7. The ‘Pure Poetry’ of Between the Acts Selected Bibliography Index

About the author

Mcnichol, Stella

Summary

Originally published in 1990, Virginia Woolf and the Poetry of Fiction, provides a stylistic study of the fiction of Virginia Woolf.

Product details

• Authors: Stella Mcnichol
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780815359531
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5953-1
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Virginia Woolf
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies