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    Virginia Woolf - Wikipedia

    Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London. She was the seventh child of Julia … See more

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    Virginia Woolf was born Adeline Virginia Stephen on 25 January 1882 at 22 Hyde Park Gate in South Kensington, London, to See more

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    In her lifetime, Woolf was outspoken on many topics that were considered controversial, some of which are now considered … See more

    Though at least one biography of Virginia Woolf appeared in her lifetime, the first authoritative study of her life was published in 1972 by … See more

    Virginia Woolf is known for her contributions to 20th-century literature and her essays, as well as the influence she has had on literary, … See more

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    Woolf is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century novelists. A modernist, she was one of the pioneers of using stream of consciousness as a narrative device, alongside contemporaries such as Marcel Proust, Dorothy Richardson See more

    The Bloomsbury Group held very progressive views regarding sexuality and rejected the austere strictness of Victorian society. The … See more

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1962 play by Edward Albee. It examines the structure of the marriage of an American middle-aged academic couple, Martha and George. See more

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  2. Virginia Woolf | Biography, Books, Death, & Facts

    WEBApr 16, 2024 · Virginia Woolf, English writer whose novels, through their nonlinear approaches to narrative, exerted a major influence on the genre. Best known for her novels Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, she …

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    Woolf represents a historical moment when art was integrated into society, as T.S. Eliot describes in his obituary for Virginia. “Without Virginia Woolf at the center of it, it would have remained formless or marginal…With the death of Virginia Woolf, a whole pattern of culture is broken.”
    Virginia Woolf, English writer whose novels, through their nonlinear approaches to narrative, exerted a major influence on the genre. Best known for her novels Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, she also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theory, literary history, women’s writing, and the politics of power.
    Virginia Woolf suffered from a mental illness that we know today as bipolar disorder. After she finished the manuscript for what would be her final novel, Woolf fell into a depression. When World War II broke out and her house in London was destroyed, Woolf’s condition worsened and she no longer felt capable of working.
  5. Virginia Woolf – Modernism Lab - Yale University

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    WEBVirginia Woolf wrote far more fiction than Joyce and far more nonfiction than either Joyce or Faulkner. Six volumes of diaries (including her early journals), six volumes of letters, and numerous volumes of collected …

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    WEBNov 18, 2022 · Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind. This exhibition has closed. November 18, 2022–March 5, 2023. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Wachenheim Gallery. Plan Your Visit. Fully Accessible. Virginia Woolf, …