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A Room of One's Own (Annotated)
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Author: Virginia Woolf
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A Room of One's Own (Annotated) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780156030410
ISBN: 0156030411
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780156030410
ISBN: 0156030411
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Editorial Review of A Room of One's Own (Annotated)
In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay,Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none. Her message is simple: A woman must have a fixed income and a room of her own in order to have the freedom to create.
Annotated and with an introduction by Susan Gubar
Annotated and with an introduction by Susan Gubar
Customer Reviews of A Room of One's Own (Annotated)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Obligatory Reading
Review: Virginia Woolf in her best form - personal but not self-centred, concentrated and ready to fight for what she believes is right. This long essay gives her views on the position of women in literature but offers also an overview of their role through centuries - from the imaginary Shakespeare's sister to her contemporaries. A must read for all readers regardless of sex!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: If you want to be a woman writer, this is a must-read!
Review: I really didn't know much about Virginia Woolf until 2005, when I ended up living with a dear friend who taught at a local college. Like most folks, I knew Woolf was a writer of the early 1900s and I'd seen the movie "The Hours" and that was the sum total of my knowledge.
One day, my dear friend handed me this book and said, "You'll like this."
I was intimidated. After all, it's Virginia Woolf and only really smart people can read Woolf's writings. But I decided to read what I could and glaze over the rest. I ended up tucking myself into bed with this book every night and reading it again and again and again.
Yes, Woolf was a Victorian-era writer and the prose is thick and heavy-laden with Victorian verbosity, but her powerful writing style shines through the complicated sentences and nuanced lexicon.
My very favorite part in this essay, originally delivered to college students, was where she wrote,
"...moreover, it is all very well for you, who have got yourselves to college and enjoy sitting rooms of your own to say that genius should disregard such opinions; that genius should be above caring what is said of it. Unfortunately, it is precisely the men and women of genius who mind most what is said of them."
After reading that, I felt that Ms. Woolf had reached through the decades and touched my very soul. For so many years, I struggled and struggled and struggled to stop caring what people thought or said about me and that single statement uttered and recorded by this amazing woman changed my life forever.
Review Summary: Obligatory Reading
Review: Virginia Woolf in her best form - personal but not self-centred, concentrated and ready to fight for what she believes is right. This long essay gives her views on the position of women in literature but offers also an overview of their role through centuries - from the imaginary Shakespeare's sister to her contemporaries. A must read for all readers regardless of sex!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: If you want to be a woman writer, this is a must-read!
Review: I really didn't know much about Virginia Woolf until 2005, when I ended up living with a dear friend who taught at a local college. Like most folks, I knew Woolf was a writer of the early 1900s and I'd seen the movie "The Hours" and that was the sum total of my knowledge.
One day, my dear friend handed me this book and said, "You'll like this."
I was intimidated. After all, it's Virginia Woolf and only really smart people can read Woolf's writings. But I decided to read what I could and glaze over the rest. I ended up tucking myself into bed with this book every night and reading it again and again and again.
Yes, Woolf was a Victorian-era writer and the prose is thick and heavy-laden with Victorian verbosity, but her powerful writing style shines through the complicated sentences and nuanced lexicon.
My very favorite part in this essay, originally delivered to college students, was where she wrote,
"...moreover, it is all very well for you, who have got yourselves to college and enjoy sitting rooms of your own to say that genius should disregard such opinions; that genius should be above caring what is said of it. Unfortunately, it is precisely the men and women of genius who mind most what is said of them."
After reading that, I felt that Ms. Woolf had reached through the decades and touched my very soul. For so many years, I struggled and struggled and struggled to stop caring what people thought or said about me and that single statement uttered and recorded by this amazing woman changed my life forever.