Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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What narrative techniques are significant in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway?

The narrative technique Virginia Woolf employs in Mrs. Dalloway is extremely significant for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most significant and most commonly discussed technique is Woolf's use...
Discuss Virginia Woolf's narrative technique in the novel Mrs. Dalloway.

Woolf's narrative technique in Mrs. Dalloway is stream-of-consciousness but a different form than, say, James Joyce. In Mrs. Dalloway, she is thinking a lot and the reader is privy to her constant...
How is Mrs Dalloway a Modernist novel?

There are several ways in which one can see Mrs. Dalloway as a Modernist novel. The mose dominant is that the novel's premise marks a "shift" in both content and narrative style. When Woolf...
What is the importance of war in Mrs. Dalloway ?

The setting of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway takes place in London, during the Summer of 1923. This time frame sets the novel approximately six years after the end of World War I which, in...
What do the flowers in Mrs Dalloway represent?

There is no doubt that flowers, nature, and plants are recurring motifs in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Flowers are mentioned from the very start of the narrative and it is suggested that...