The Inner Life of Mrs. Dalloway

Edward Mendelson explores the deepest questions of Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway, focusing on the core themes of medicine, empire, and love.

About the author

Edward Mendelson is the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His books include Early Auden, Later Auden: A Critical Biography (2017); Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers (2015); and The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life (2007). His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, the London Review of Books, and the Times Literary Supplement.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Mendelson
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2025
• EAN: 9780231221719
• ISBN: 978-0-231-22171-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Ireland, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Politics and government, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000