Virginia Woolf, A-to-Z - Hardcover

Hussey, Mark

 
9780816030200: Virginia Woolf, A-to-Z
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0816030200 ISBN 13: 9780816030200
Publisher: Facts On File Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Features synopses of works, character descriptions, biographies of contemporaries, and explanations of literary terms and place names.

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Review

"Intended primarily for 'readers who are new to the work of Virginia Woolf, ' Hussey's encyclopedia, the first on Woolf, will nonetheless delight veteran scholars as well, providing both groups with a wealth of basic information about Woolf's works, critical reception, influences, life and times, friends, and family."--Choice"A brilliant compendium equally important and useful for specialists and common readers. Anyone who loves, teaches or studies Woolf and the Bloomsberries will find this entertaining and erudite work indispensable."--Louise DeSalvo, author of Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work "Intended primarily for 'readers who are new to the work of Virginia Woolf, ' Hussey's encyclopedia, the first on Woolf, will nonetheless delight veteran scholars as well, providing both groups with a wealth of basic information about Woolf's works, critical reception, influences, life and times, friends, and family."--Choice "A brilliant compendium equally important and useful for specialists and common readers. Anyone who loves, teaches or studies Woolf and the Bloomsberries will find this entertaining and erudite work indispensable."--Louise DeSalvo, author of Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work "Intended primarily for 'readers who are new to the work of Virginia Woolf, ' Hussey's encyclopedia, the first on Woolf, will nonetheless delight veteran scholars as well, providing both groups with a wealth of basic information about Woolf's works, critical reception, influences, life and times, friends, and family."--Choice "A brilliant compendium equally important and useful for specialists and common readers. Anyone who loves, teaches or studies Woolf and the Bloomsberries will find this entertaining and erudite work indispensable."--Louise DeSalvo, author of Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work "Intended primarily for 'readers who are new to the work of Virginia Woolf, ' Hussey's encyclopedia, the first on Woolf, will nonetheless delight veteran scholars as well, providing both groups with a wealth of basic information about Woolf's works, critical reception, influences, life and times, friends, and family."--Choice"A brilliant compendium equally important and useful for specialists and common readers. Anyone who loves, teaches or studies Woolf and the Bloomsberries will find this entertaining and erudite work indispensable."--Louise DeSalvo, author of Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse onHer Life and Work

About the Author

Mark Hussey, Associate Professor of English at Pace University, has written and edited many books and articles on Virginia Woolf, including The Singing of the Real World: The Philosophy of Virginia Woolf's Fiction. He is also an editor of Woolf Studies Annual and Virginia Woolf Miscellany.

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Publisher
Facts On File Inc
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816030200
ISBN 13 
9780816030200
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
464

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