Virginia Woolf
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians, Sexuality, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Woolf contributed significantly to prose fiction through her experiments with stream of consciousness and characterization; she also influenced critical thought through her analytical essays and reviews.
Early Life
Virginia Woolf was born on January 25, 1882, into a Victorian world and family. The third child and second daughter of Leslie and Julia Stephen, she was reared in an environment of many people and many privileges. Both her parents had been married before and widowed; therefore, the household consisted not only of Virginia and...
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