130 Pages
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Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this critical study, Tidwell examines the conflict of aesthetics and politics in The Diary of Virginia Woolf . As a modernist writer concerned with contemporary aesthetic theories, Woolf experimented with limiting the representative nature of writing. At the same time, as a feminist, Woolf wanted to incorporate her political interests in her fiction, but overt political statement conflicted... Read more
Permissions, Acknowledgments, Introduction: “Almost a face of its own”: The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Chapter One: “But my diary has ever been scornful of stated rules!” - The Diary as Self in Virginia Woolf ’s Diary, Chapter Two: “The store house of his most private self”: The Diary of Virginia Woolf in Context, Chapter Three: “What sort of diary should I like mine to be?” The Diaries of Virgina Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and Vera Brittain, Chapter Four: “Little waves that life makes”: Virginia Woolf’s Diary and Feminist Modernist Aesthetics, Conclusion: “I’m aware of something permanent & real in my existence”: Possibilities for Virginia Woolf’s Diary, Notes
Biography
Joanne Campbell Tidwell currently teaches at Peace College in Raleigh, NC. She earned her PhD from Auburn University in Auburn, AL.
