Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life
- ISBN-10
- 0713996633
- ISBN-13
- 9780713996630
- Series
- Virginia Woolf
- Category
- Autobiography in literature
- Pages
- 527
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- Julia Briggs
Description
Virginia Woolf is the greatest of all British women writers and one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century writing. She was a novelist utterly immersed in books, wholly original, passionate, vivid and with a steely dedication to her art. Yet given that what we value about Woolf’s life is her nine great novels, most writing about her still tends to revolve around her social life and the fascinating planet of the Bloomsbury Set. Julia Briggs’ aim in this fresh, absorbing new book is to put the writing back absolutely at the centre of Woolf’s life; to read that life through her books, using the novels themselves to create a compelling new form of biography. Using Woolf’s own matchless commentary on the creative process through her letters, diaries and essays, Julia Briggs has produced a book which is a convincing, moving picture of an artist at full stretch, but also a brilliant meditation on the whole nature of creativity. 'Virginia Woolf - An Inner Life' will be a revelatory experience for anyone who has come under the spell of Woolf’s world, giving a brilliant new insight into a literary genius.
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