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The Cambridge Introduction to

Virginia Woolf

For students of modern literature, the works of Virginia Woolf are

essential reading. In her novels, short stories, essays, polemical

pamphlets and in her private letters she explored, questioned and

refashioned everything about modern life: cinema, sexuality, shopping,

education, feminism, politics and war. Her elegant and startlingly

original sentences became a model of modernist prose. This is a clear

and informative introduction to Woolf ’s life, works, and cultural and

critical contexts, explaining the importance of the Bloomsbury group in

the development of her work. It covers the major works in detail,

including To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway, The Waves and the key

short stories. As well as providing students with the essential

information needed to study Woolf, Jane Goldman suggests further

reading to allow students to find their way through the most

important critical works. All students of Woolf will find this a useful

and illuminating overview of the field.

JANE GOLDMAN is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at

the University of Dundee.

Cambridge Introductions to Literature

This series is designed to introduce students to key topics and authors.

Accessible and lively, these introductions will also appeal to readers who

want to broaden their understanding of the books and authors they enjoy.

Ideal for students, teachers, and lecturers

Concise, yet packed with essential information

Key suggestions for further reading

Titles in this series:

Bulson The Cambridge Introduction to James Joyce

Cooper The Cambridge Introduction to T. S. Eliot

Dillon The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre

Goldman The Cambridge Introduction to Virginia Woolf

Holdeman The Cambridge Introduction to W. B. Yeats

McDonald The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett

Peters The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad

Scofield The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story

Thomson The Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre, 1600–1900

Todd The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen

The Cambridge Introduction to

Virginia Woolf

JANE GOLDMAN

Cambridge Introduction to Virginia Woolf, The - Jane Goldman.pdf