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1. DECEMBER 1910: WHEN IT ALL CHANGED.

Author

BENDLE, MERVYN F.

Subjects
*MODERNISM (Literature), *20TH century English literature, *HERETICS, REIGN of Edward VII, Great Britain, 1901-1910
Abstract

The article discusses the significance of December 1920 to the growth of modernism Great Britain. It says that Virginia Woolf wrote about modernism in a paper that was read to the Heretics Society in Cambridge, England. According to Paul Edwards, modernism separated England to the Edwardian era. It also mentions the book "The Norton Anthology of English Literature," that described 1910 as the creator of the Heroic Age.

Published
2010

2. The Classical Tradition in Vita Sackville-West’s Solitude.

Author

Nagel, Rebecca

Subjects
SOLITUDE, ENGLISH literature
Abstract

In her long poem Solitude (1938) Vita Sackville-West explores the contrast between Nature and books and between Nature and the Christian God as she questions the purpose of life and suffering. While writing in solitude about solitude, the writer is connected to a vast community of other writers and readers. In this paper I show how Sackville-West uses classical allusions as a bridge between pagan Nature and Christian English literary history. From contemporary documents, especially her letters to Virginia Woolf, we can also see how Sackville-West kept an awkward balance in her own life between shyness and desire for connection with others which is reflected in her project of writing new verse in essentially traditional forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008
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3. Why isn't science fiction winning any literary awards?

Author

Robinson, Kim Stanley

Subjects
SCIENCE fiction, AUTHORS, LITERARY prizes, BRITISH literature
Abstract

The author emphasizes the minor injustice facing science fiction books and authors for their failure to win literary awards. The author relates how Virginia Woolf admired the science fiction works of Olaf Stapledon and how her love for science fiction affected her writing. The author outlines some of the outstanding science fiction writers in Great Britain. The author encourages scientifically literate people to read science fiction.

Published
2009
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4. BACK TO BLOOMSBURY.

Subjects
CONFERENCES & conventions, NOVELISTS, BLOOMSBURY group, 20TH century English literature
Abstract

In affiliation with the International Virginia Woolf Society & the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, this 14th annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf to be held from June 23-26, 2004 in Bloomsbury, London, England, brings novelist Virginia Woolf back to Bloomsbury in order to revisit Woolf's links to the place and the group which helped to inspire her life of writing. The conference will include a range of keynote addresses, plenary panels and parallel sessions. In addition to the stimulus provided by speakers, papers and panel discussions, there will be other fun events, including Woolf-inspired performances, tours to Bloomsbury Group residences and more.

Published
2003

5. Indifference, Identification, and Desire in Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas, Leni Riefenstahl's The Blue Light and Triumph of the Will, and Leontine Sagan's Maedchen in Uniform.

Author

Barker, Jennifer

Subjects
GENDER, PATRIARCHY, FASCISM
Abstract

A literary criticism of the book "Three Guineas," by Virginia Woolf is presented. It states that the book focuses on the relationship between gender, patriarchy, and fascism. It notes that Woolf describes the differences between British men and women in the 1930s and explores the possibilities of resistance to women. It also mentions that Woolf addresses the contemporary psychoanalytical and religious theories.

Published
2010
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6. The Empire from the Street: Virginia Woolf, Wembley, and Imperial Monuments.

Author

Cohen, Scott

Subjects
MONUMENTS, EXHIBITIONS, BRITISH colonies
Abstract

This article comments on literary images of imperial monuments located at London, England as projected in the essay "British Empire," by Virginia Woolf, on the context of the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley, England on April 23, 1924. In the essay, Woolf articulates her earliest and arguably most vivid critique of the empire, finding global significance in the afternoon squall line that cut across southern England. Woolf's vision of an imperial apocalypse is as serious as it is humorous, as she balances the horrifying image of solid buildings crumbling with the rather ridiculous catalog of exhibition goers seeking shelter. Since the exhibition has teetered on the edge of destruction for some time, Woolf's essay implies, the momentary intrusion of nature merely triggers the inevitable. The final "catastrophe" stems not from imperialism's policies, but rather an unavoidable event outside of human control. Concrete cannot evade returning to its granular beginnings. This essay examines the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley and Woolf's account of her attendance in order to shed light on the intersection of "Mrs. Dalloway" and imperialist discourses in interwar London.

Published
2004
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7. THE VIRGINIA WOOLF CENTENARY CONFERENCE IN ENGLAND.

Author

Spalding, Frances

Subjects
CONFERENCES & conventions
Abstract

This article reports on the Virginia Woolf Centenary Conference in Great Britain. This conference. organized by Dr. Eric Wamer, was held at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Great Britain between September 20-22, 1982. Seven papers were read. All of them were of a very high standard. Attention concentrated chiefly on Virginia Woolf's novels. The "Voyage Out" and "Between the Acts" received the most discussion with "To the Lighthouse" following a close third. One talk which had wide appeal was Professor Ian Gregor's. He focussed attention on "the margins of the unexpressed" in Woolf's writing on her use of allusion as well as check, countercheck, pause and distance.

Published
1982