The Diary of Virginia Woolf - Volume 2: 1920-1924

Informationen zum Autor Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is recognised as one of the most innovative writers of the 20th century. She was part of the Bloomsbury circle of artists, writers and thinkers, and a leading figure in the modernist movement. Perhaps best known for her fiction, including Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse , s he also wrote essays, biographies and reviews and maintained a private diary for much of her adult life. She was married to Leonard Woolf and lived between London and East Sussex. Klappentext With an introduction by Adam PhillipsMonday 17 July 1922. Back from Garsington, & too unsettled to write - I meant to say read; but then this does not count as writing. It is to me like scratching; or, if it goes well, like having a bath - which of course, I did not get at Garsington.1920. The war is over, and Virginia Woolf is meeting friends old and new, from Maynard Keynes to Vita Sackville-West. She is reading and reviewing voraciously, and the Hogarth Press is thriving. Jacob's Room was published in 1922, and Woolf began work on what was to become Mrs Dalloway. This was a time of creative highs and lows, as well as a growing confidence as Woolf developed her distinctive literary voice. Zusammenfassung New editions of the complete diaries of Virginia Woolf, with introductions by a stellar line-up of contemporary novelists

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Virginia Woolf
• Editore: Granta Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781783788699
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-869-9
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Autobiography: literary, c 1920 to c 1929, Diaries, letters and journals, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Autobiography: writers