Virginia Woolf and the Theater

Virginia Woolf and the Theater demonstrates that drama, theater and performance formed a continuous subtext in Virginia Woolf's art and in her life, thus providing new insight into the dramatic and even theatrical quality of her fiction. Also, drawing on published and unpublished diaries, letters, essays, and other documents, this book allows readers to witness Victorian, Edwardian, and mid-twentieth century British theater through Woolf's eyes.

List of contents

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Entertainment: From Music Hall to Opera
Chapter Two: Bloomsbury Actors, Audience, and Playwrights
Chapter Three: Pioneers and their Uncles
Chapter Four: Theatrical Theory and Narrative Practice
Chapter Five: Stage Adaptations of Woolf's Work
Conclusion: irginia Woolf's Legacy to Women Playwrights
Works Cited
Appendix: Chart of Plays Woolf Attended
About the Author

About the author

Steven Putzel is associate professor of English at Penn State University

Product details

• Authors: Steven Putzel, Steven D. Putzel
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2011
• EAN: 9781611474572
• ISBN: 978-1-61147-457-2
• No. of pages: 225
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 342 g
• Series: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Theaterwissenschaft