Virginia Woolf: (E) - Rilegato

Harris, Alexandra

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ISBN 10: 0500515921 ISBN 13: 9780500515921

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2011

Riassunto

An accessible introduction to a writer whose work is of timeless significance and whose courageous life and tragic death are continuing sources of fascination, by the winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2010

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Informazioni sull'autore

Alexandra Harris studied at Oxford and at the Courtauld Institute in London, and worked at Christie's for a year before returning to Oxford to write a doctorate on art and literature in the 1930s. She is now a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool, running courses on Modernism and American writing, and leading the MA in Contemporary Literature. Her first full-length book, Romantic Moderns, published by Thames & Hudson, was the winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award. Alexandra Harris was also a winner in the BBC's 'New Generation Thinkers' contest in 2011.

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Alexandra Harriss hugely acclaimed book Romantic Moderns (winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award) overturned our picture of modernist culture during the interwar years. In this, her second book, she brings her attention to one of the towering figures of literary modernism. It is an intensely pleasurable read that weaves together the life and work of Virginia Woolf, and serves as an ideal introduction to both. Following the chronology of Woolfs life, it considers each of the novels in context, gives d

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0500515921
• ISBN 13: 9780500515921
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 191
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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