Rosenman asks the question, "What sort of feminist was [Virginia] Woolf," in an incisive study delving into the ideas and issues that shaped a landmark book many critics acknowledge as Woolf's most enduring legacy to the women's movement. Examining Woolf's early involvement in the suffragette movement, Rosenman goes on to interpret the messages conveyed in A Room of One's Own. Both supportive and critical responses to the book are discussed, from the time of its publication to the present day. Woolf's feelings of disenfranchisement, views of sexual politics, and certain ambivalent attitudes that reoccur in her writing are all dealt with, while most clearly depicted are the unique ways in which Woolf's prose style--in fiction, nonfiction, and her distinctive melding of the two forms--encapsulated the thoughts she needed to express. Alice Joyce --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Women writers and the perception of their work and achievements is outlined in a title which analyzes the influences on women's achievement and the barriers to literary success. From the political and economic construction of women's writings to Virginia Woolf's needs in particular, this outlines many different facets of women's works. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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