Virginia Woolf: Writing the World
Pamela L. Caughie and Diana L. Swanson
Abstract
Virginia Woolf Writing the World addresses such themes as the creation of worlds through literary writing, Woolf’s reception as a world writer, world wars, and natural worlds in Woolf’s writings. The collection represents the theme of internationalism in Woolf’s work, but its global appeal is likewise reflected in the diverse range of contributors from around the world. The volume is divided into four themed sections: “War and Peace”; “World Writer(s),” which reads the Woolfs in a global context; “Animal and Natural Worlds,” which brings recent developments in ecocriticism and post-humanist st ... More
Virginia Woolf Writing the World addresses such themes as the creation of worlds through literary writing, Woolf’s reception as a world writer, world wars, and natural worlds in Woolf’s writings. The collection represents the theme of internationalism in Woolf’s work, but its global appeal is likewise reflected in the diverse range of contributors from around the world. The volume is divided into four themed sections: “War and Peace”; “World Writer(s),” which reads the Woolfs in a global context; “Animal and Natural Worlds,” which brings recent developments in ecocriticism and post-humanist studies to analysis of Woolf ’s writing; and “Writing and Worldmaking,” which addresses various aspects of genre, style, and composition. In addition to a myriad of historical perspectives, the book also brings us back to international and cultural conflicts in our own day, reminding us why Woolf still matters today.
Keywords:
Virginia Woolf,
War,
Peace,
Feminism,
Ecocriticism,
Current affairs,
Global,
World literature,
Literary form,
Postcolonial
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780990895800 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: January 2016 |
DOI:10.5949/liverpool/9780990895800.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Pamela L. Caughie, editor
Loyola University Chicago
Diana L. Swanson, editor
Northern Illinois University
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