1st Edition

Virginia Woolf and the Poetry of Fiction

By Stella Mcnichol Copyright 1990
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1990, Virginia Woolf and the Poetry of Fiction , provides a stylistic study of the fiction of Virginia Woolf. The book examines what is generally described as a ‘traditional novel’, examining such works as Jacob’s Room , and the way in which meaning is nonetheless conveyed poetically. The book argues that her early novels, are shown to contain writing of considerable... Read more

Acknowledgements

A Note on the Texts

Introduction

1. Symbolic Intrusions in The Voyage Out

2. ‘Shaping Fantasies’ in Night and Day

3. The Poetic Narrative of Jacobs Room

4. The Rhythmic Order of Mrs Dalloway

5. To the Lighthouse: An Elegy

6. The Waves: A Playpoem

7. The ‘Pure Poetry’ of Between the Acts

Selected Bibliography

Index

Biography

Mcnichol, Stella