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The Common Reader
Virginia Woolf
The Common Reader
Virginia Woolf
A far cry from her wistful and introspective fiction, Woolf's essays on literature read as lively, droll, and conversational. These essays focus on famous literary figures as well as the craft of fiction; written in confident but inviting prose designed specifically for what Woolf called the common reader, they interweave biography, wit, social commentary, and literary analysis. Woolf typically seems disinterested in offering definitive arguments or reaching grand conclusions. She instead concerns herself with viewing a given writer or topic from several interpretive angles so that she might reveal as much about her subject as she can in a single essay, to a broad audience consisting of non-academic readers. Favorite essays included "Notes on an Elizabethan Play," "Modern Fiction," "Outlines," and "How it Strikes a Contemporary." (Michael)
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 11, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781636373263 |
Publishers | Bibliotech Press |
Pages | 178 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 11 mm · 222 g |
Language | English |
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