Women of Bloomsbury - Virginia, Vanessa and Carrington

Originally published in 1990, Women of Bloomsbury takes a fresh look at the lives of Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell, and Dora Carrington. Connected by more than bonds of friendship and artistic endeavour, the three women faced similar struggles. Juxtaposing their personal lives and their work, Mary Ann Caws shows us with feeling and clarity the pain women suffer in being artists and in finding - or creating - their sense of self. Relying on unpublished letters and diaries, as well as familiar texts, Caws give us a portrait of the female self in the act of creation.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Cast of Characters Abbreviations 1. Personal Criticism: A Matter of Choice 2. These Working Women 3. Virginia 4. Together, with Virginia 5. Vanessa 6. Carrington 7. How We See, How We Are Notes Appendix 1: Reading Vanessa Appendix 2: Reading Carrington Restrained Bibliography Index

About the author

Mary Ann Caws

Summary

Originally published in 1990, Women of Bloomsbury takes a fresh look at the lives of Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell, and Dora Carrington.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Ann Caws
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780815359753
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5975-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Virginia Woolf
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies