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Woolf and the Art of Exploration

Edited by Helen Southworth and Elisa Kay Sparks

The wide range of papers in Woolf and the Art of Exploration emphasize the adventurousness of Woolf’s work. Nearly 30 essays reflect her enterprising nature, with titles such as Cheryl Mares’s “The Making of Virginia Woolf’s America” and Emily Wittman’s “The Decline and Fall of Rachel Vinrace: Reading Gibbon in Virginia Woolf’s The Voyage Out.” The book explores such topics as Woolf’s life; her relationship to nature and to scientific and environmental thinking; her attitudes towards London, America, and the Middle East; and the cultural origins and contexts of her outlook on art and empire.

About the Editors

Helen Southworth is Professor of Literature in the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Elisa Kay Sparks is Professor Emerita of English at Clemson University.

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Details

Pages: 253 pages

Published: June 2005

Formats

Paperback
ISBN: 9780977126385

Subjects

Literature
Modernism

Series

Virginia Woolf Series