A Room of One's Own/Three Guineas
Author: Woolf, Virginia
ISBN: 9780241371978
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 04 Jun 2019
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Two of VirginiaP#39;s Woolf most striking essays published together in a new Black Classics edition
Plt;iPgt;A Room of OneP#39;s Own,Plt;/iPgt; based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of ShakespeareP#39;s gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. Published almost a decade laterPlt;iPgt; Three GuineasPlt;/iPgt; breaks new ground in its discussion of men, militarism and womenP#39;s attitudes towards war. These two pieces reveal Virginia WoolfP#39;s fiery spirit and sophisticated wit and confirm her status as a highly inspirational essayist.
ISBN: 9780241371978
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 04 Jun 2019
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Two of VirginiaP#39;s Woolf most striking essays published together in a new Black Classics edition
Plt;iPgt;A Room of OneP#39;s Own,Plt;/iPgt; based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of ShakespeareP#39;s gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. Published almost a decade laterPlt;iPgt; Three GuineasPlt;/iPgt; breaks new ground in its discussion of men, militarism and womenP#39;s attitudes towards war. These two pieces reveal Virginia WoolfP#39;s fiery spirit and sophisticated wit and confirm her status as a highly inspirational essayist.
