A Room of One's Own - Softcover

Woolf, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494937891 ISBN 13: 9781494937898

Synopsis

A Room of One s Own,  is one of Virginia Woolf s most influential works and  is widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women s movement. This timely and important new edition adopts the complete text of the first British edition published in 1929.

• Features a comprehensive introduction detailing the process and composition of Woolf s original essay and the evolution of its subsequent publication history
• The first comprehensive and authoritative edition of this foundational text of the feminist movement, and one of the most significant works in Woolf s own canon
• The only volume based on comparisons of each of the British editions of A Room of One s Own that appeared in Woolf s lifetime
• Incorporates extensive explanatory notes which reveal the essay s broader political, historical, social, and literary contexts
• Includes a comprehensive appendix highlighting variations between each of the British editions that appeared in Woolf s lifetime and the first American edition; alterations from Woolf s uncorrected proofs; and current editorial emendations incorporated in this new edition

About this title

Review:

Probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in this century (Hermione Lee Financial Times)

Book Description:

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14–18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 1494937891
• ISBN 13: 9781494937898
• Binding: Paperback