Virginia Woolf - Revision history

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	Née Adeline Virginia Stephen. 1882-1941. Writer, journalist, smoker. Married to [[Leonard Woolf]].		Née Adeline Virginia Stephen. 1882-1941. Writer, journalist, smoker. Married to [[Leonard Woolf]].


	~~'''Early life'''~~

	Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to [[Bloomsbury Group\|Bloomsbury]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth.

	~~'''Education'''~~

	~~Virginia Stephen was educated at home from the resources of her father's huge library.~~
	~~Later she studied Greek, Latin, German and History at King's College London Ladie's Department from 1897-1901. There she got in contact with reformers of women´s higher education.~~


	~~[There are still some decades to fill in - would count as valid contribution]~~



	~~'''Works'''~~

	~~Novels:~~

	~~''The Voyage Out'' (1915)~~

	~~'' Night and Day'' (1919)~~

	~~''[[Jacob's Room]]'' (1922)~~

	~~''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925)~~

	~~''[[To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927)~~

	~~''[[Orlando]]'' (1928)~~

	~~''[[The Waves]]'' (1931)~~

	~~''The Years'' (1937)~~

	~~''Between the Acts'' (1941).~~

	~~Countless essays and newspaper articles on literature and culture. Very influential are ''[[A Room of One's Own]]'' (1929), an extended essay on women and women's writing.~~

	Virginia Woolf´s novels were considered experimental, but, in contrast to James Joyce's ''[[Ulysses]]'' (1922) more accessible. Although she did not invent the [[stream of consciousness]], she experimented with it and finetuned its form. Her emphasis was not on plot or characterisation but on a character's consciousness (cf. Virginia Woolf "Modern Fiction" (1919), revised as "Modern Novels" in 1925). In this essay Virginia Woolf points out that it is important for modern writers to free oneself from conventions and instead to record impressions in an unordered way to be closer to reality. Woolf is not interested in large plot events, but in smaller things and also wants to look into the working of the mind (character focalisation).

Pankratz at 13:23, 23 October 2015

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	'''Early life'''		'''Early life'''

	Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to [[Bloomsbury\|Bloomsbury ~~Group~~]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth.		Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to [[Bloomsbury Group\|Bloomsbury]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth.

	'''Education'''		'''Education'''

Pankratz at 13:23, 23 October 2015

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	'''Early life'''		'''Early life'''

	Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to [[Bloomsbury\|Bloomsbury Group]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth. ~~She and her family often spent their summer holidays at Talland House in St Ives, Cornwall. St Ives also serves as the setting for her famous novel ''[[To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927).~~		Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to [[Bloomsbury\|Bloomsbury Group]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth.


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	Virginia Stephen was educated at home from the resources of her father's huge library.		Virginia Stephen was educated at home from the resources of her father's huge library.
	Later she studied Greek, Latin, German and History at King's College London Ladie's Department from 1897-1901. There she got in contact with reformers of women´s higher education.		Later she studied Greek, Latin, German and History at King's College London Ladie's Department from 1897-1901. There she got in contact with reformers of women´s higher education.


			[There are still some decades to fill in - would count as valid contribution]



	'''Works'''		'''Works'''

Pankratz at 13:20, 23 October 2015

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	'''Early life'''		'''Early life'''

	Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to ~~Bloomsbury, where she became a member of the~~ [[Bloomsbury Group]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth. She and her family often spent their summer holidays at Talland House in St Ives, Cornwall. St Ives also serves as the setting for her famous novel ''[[To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927).		Her father was Leslie Stephen, who was the first editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography''. Her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] was to become a painter. In 1895 her mother died unexpectedly, and Virginia Stephen suffered her first mental breakdown. After the death of her father in 1904 she had a second nervous breakdown and moved to [[Bloomsbury\|Bloomsbury Group]]. Besides her breakdowns Virginia had suffered sexual molestation at the hands of her two-half brothers George and Gerald Duckworth. She and her family often spent their summer holidays at Talland House in St Ives, Cornwall. St Ives also serves as the setting for her famous novel ''[[To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927).

Jayhawk at 22:14, 5 December 2011

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	'' Night and Day'' (1919)		'' Night and Day'' (1919)

	[[''Jacob's Room'']] (1922)		''[[Jacob's Room]]'' (1922)

	''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925)		''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925)

Jayhawk at 22:13, 5 December 2011

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	'' Night and Day'' (1919)		'' Night and Day'' (1919)

	''Jacob's Room'' (1922)		[[''Jacob's Room'']] (1922)

	''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925)		''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925)

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	''[[Orlando]]'' (1928)		''[[Orlando]]'' (1928)

	''The Waves'' (1931)		''[[The Waves]]'' (1931)

	''The Years'' (1937)		''The Years'' (1937)

Pankratz at 18:34, 29 November 2011

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	Novels:		Novels:

	''The Voyage Out'' (1915),'' Night and Day'' (1919), ''Jacob's Room'' (1922), ''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925), ''To the Lighthouse'' (1927), ''[[Orlando]]'' (1928), ''The Waves'' (1931), ''The Years'' (1937), ''Between the Acts'' (1941).		''The Voyage Out'' (1915)

	~~Countless essays and newspaper articles on literature and culture. Very influential are~~ ''~~A Room of One's Own~~'' (~~1929~~)~~, an extended essay on women and women's writing.~~		'' Night and Day'' (1919)

	Virginia Woolf´s novels were considered experimental, but, in contrast to James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' (1922) more accessible. Although she did not invent the [[stream of consciousness]], she experimented with it and finetuned its form. Her emphasis was not on plot or characterisation but on a character's consciousness (cf. Virginia Woolf "Modern Fiction" (1919), revised as "Modern Novels" in 1925). In this essay Virginia Woolf points out that it is important for modern writers to free oneself from conventions and instead to record impressions in an unordered way to be closer to reality. Woolf is not interested in large plot events, but in smaller things and also wants to look into the working of the mind (character focalisation).		''Jacob's Room'' (1922)

			''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925)

			''[[To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927)

			''[[Orlando]]'' (1928)

			''The Waves'' (1931)

			''The Years'' (1937)

			''Between the Acts'' (1941).

			Countless essays and newspaper articles on literature and culture. Very influential are ''[[A Room of One's Own]]'' (1929), an extended essay on women and women's writing.

			Virginia Woolf´s novels were considered experimental, but, in contrast to James Joyce's ''[[Ulysses]]'' (1922) more accessible. Although she did not invent the [[stream of consciousness]], she experimented with it and finetuned its form. Her emphasis was not on plot or characterisation but on a character's consciousness (cf. Virginia Woolf "Modern Fiction" (1919), revised as "Modern Novels" in 1925). In this essay Virginia Woolf points out that it is important for modern writers to free oneself from conventions and instead to record impressions in an unordered way to be closer to reality. Woolf is not interested in large plot events, but in smaller things and also wants to look into the working of the mind (character focalisation).

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	'''Education:'''		'''Education'''

	Virginia Stephen was educated at home from the resources of her father's huge library.		Virginia Stephen was educated at home from the resources of her father's huge library.
	Later she studied Greek, Latin, German and History at King's College London Ladie's Department from 1897-1901. There she got in contact with reformers of women´s higher education.		Later she studied Greek, Latin, German and History at King's College London Ladie's Department from 1897-1901. There she got in contact with reformers of women´s higher education.

	'''Works:'''		'''Works'''

	Novels:		Novels:

Pankratz at 18:24, 21 November 2011

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	''The Voyage Out'' (1915),'' Night and Day'' (1919), ''Jacob's Room'' (1922), ''Mrs Dalloway'' (1925), ''To the Lighthouse'' (1927), ''Orlando'' (1928), ''The Waves'' (1931), ''The Years'' (1937), ''Between the Acts'' (1941).		''The Voyage Out'' (1915),'' Night and Day'' (1919), ''Jacob's Room'' (1922), ''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925), ''To the Lighthouse'' (1927), ''[[Orlando]]'' (1928), ''The Waves'' (1931), ''The Years'' (1937), ''Between the Acts'' (1941).

	Countless essays and newspaper articles on literature and culture. Very influential are ''A Room of One's Own'' (1929), an extended essay on women and women's writing.		Countless essays and newspaper articles on literature and culture. Very influential are ''A Room of One's Own'' (1929), an extended essay on women and women's writing.