A Passionate Apprentice (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Notebooks
- Time of Work: 1897-1909
- Setting: Great Britain, Greece, and Italy
- Principal Characters: Virginia Stephen Woolf, Leslie Stephen, Julia Stephen, Vanessa (Stephen) Bell, Thoby Stephen, Adrian Stephen, Laura Stephen, George Duckworth, Stella (Duckworth) Hills, Gerald Duckworth
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: Family or family life, Traveling or travelers, Suicide, Twentieth century, Incest, Mental illness, Feminism, Depression, mental, Intellect, Pacifism
- Locales: Italy, Great Britain, Greece
The novels, short stories, and essays of Virginia Woolf have always attracted attention from thoughtful critics and writers, but during the 1950’s and 1960’s it was difficult to find copies of her books. There were exceptions; significantly, the highly influential critic Erich Auerbach included an analysis of To the Lighthouse (1927) in his Mimesis (1946; English translation, 1953). In 1962, Edward Albee gave his popular play the title Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1972, a biography of Woolf written by her nephew Quentin Bell became a best-seller, an...
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