Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters Of Virginia Woolf - Hardcover

Woolf, Virginia; Banks, Joanne Trautmann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151221006 ISBN 13: 9780151221004

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990

Synopsis

Virginia Woolf was an inventive, witty correspondent, whether commenting on a domestic crisis, politics, or the roving of the writer's mind. Edited and with an Introduction by Joanne Trautmann Banks; Index.

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About the Author

VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels.

Reviews

This selection from the six volumes of Woolf's letters follows her from earliest childhood through the suicide note she left Leonard in March 1941. Woolf is usually relaxed and high-spirited in her sprightly, inventive, entertaining letters. She seems to be performing, and the performances vary from correspondent to correspondent. Twelve of the letters are new, four public letters to magazine editors are included for the first time, and "among the new materials must be counted restoration of excerpts omitted from the complete edition for fear of hurting people." An engaging portrait of Woolf emerges from the letters (though one wonders how many engaging portraits of Woolf the world requires). Unfortunately, the editor has made cuts in most of the letters, a curious and aggravating policy.
- Keith Cushman, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151221006
• ISBN 13: 9780151221004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472