228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the first comprehensive study of Virginia Woolf's Common Reader, Katerina Koutsantoni draws on theorists from the fields of sociology, sociolinguistics, philosophy, and literary criticism to investigate the thematic pattern underpinning these books with respect to the persona of the 'common reader'. Though these two volumes are the only ones that Woolf compiled herself, they have seldom been... Read more
Contents: Introduction - conversing with the reader; Why go on with these essays?; We must remain readers; I do not love to be led by the nose ... by authority; To forget one's own sharp, absurd little personality ... and practise anonymity; In all writing, it's the person's own edge that counts; Society is a nest of glass boxes one separate from another; Conclusion - with this odd mix up of public and private I left off; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Katerina Koutsantoni holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Birmingham, UK (2005). Her research interests span reader reception and dialogic theories, theories of selfhood and subjectivity, as well as genre theory. Katerina currently works as a Programmes Manager at King’s College London.
’I am confident that you will find, through your own reading of Koutsantoni's book, a series of new and exciting ways to engage with The Common Readers.’ Virginia Woolf Bulletin
