The New Dress | Essays and Criticism
- Overview of The New Dress
In the following essay, Lyle examines the changing social and cultural conditions in England following World War I and their influence on such Woolf short stories as ‘‘The New Dress.’’
- The Insecurity and Self-Ridicule Demonstrated by the Protagonist in The New Dress
In the following essay, March examines the insecurity and self-ridicule demonstrated by the protagonist of ‘‘The New Dress.’’
- What Is to Console Us? The
Politics of Deception in Woolf’s Short Stories
In the following excerpt, Meyerowitz provides a thematic interpretation of ‘‘The New Dress’’ that focuses on the self-consciousness of the central character, Mabel Waring.
- The Interrelated Nature of Collected Stories
In the following excerpt, McNichol notes the interrelated nature of the stories she has collected and published as Mrs. Dalloway’s Party: A Short Story Sequence, to one another and to the novel Mrs Dalloway.
- Synthesis and Fiction: Mrs. Dalloway,
Stories and Sketches
In the following excerpt, Guiguet discusses the relationship between the short story ‘‘The New Dress’’ and the novel Mrs. Dalloway’s Party. He identifies prominent themes, main characters, significant action, and satirical elements of the story and praises the story as a self-contained narrative.
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