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ABOUT VIRGINIA WOOLF

Philip Tew

SOURCE: Tew, Philip. “An Overview of the Life and Career of Virginia Woolf.” In Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vol. 128, edited by Scott Darga and Linda Pavlovski. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group, 2002.

[In the following original essay, Tew discusses Woolf's life, career, awards and recognition, and overall body of work, while also examining the era in which Woolf wrote and the critical reception of her works.]

ABOUT VIRGINIA WOOLF

INTRODUCTION

Since her death in 1941 Virginia Woolf has become one of the most celebrated of English novelists. She is now one of the most widely read of twentieth-century writers in the English language; initially considered a minor modern novelist, she is now viewed as a major figure in the modernist movement. This shift in opinion has occurred partly because of recent recognition of Woolf's significance in the move toward a broader...

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1. Introduction
2. About Virginia Woolf
3. Woolf At Work
4. Woolf's Era
5. Woolf's Works
6. Woolf On Woolf
7. Woolf As Studied
8. Copyright

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