Virginia Woolf and Fascism
Author | : Merry Pawlowski |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2001-06-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230554542 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230554547 |
Rating | : 4/5 (547 Downloads) |
Download or read book Virginia Woolf and Fascism written by Merry Pawlowski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-06-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of essays, edited by leading Woolf scholar, brings together for the first time a serious consideration of Virginia Woolf's writing within the political context of fascism. Virginia Woolf and Fascism probes Woolf's fiction and non-fiction from Mrs. Dalloway in 1927 to Between the Acts , 1941, for her responses not only to the growing menaces of dictators abroad, but also to mounting evidence of fascist ideology at home in England. The essays present a portrait of Woolf as a woman writer who was politically engaged, and actively protesting against a worldview which aggressively targeted women for oppression.