Publisher's Synopsis
Virginia Woolf: modernist, novelist, and critic. Virginia Woolf: diarist, feminist, sapphist, and socialist. Virginia Woolf: pacifist, incest survivor, and activist. Virginia Woolf: 'Invalid Lady of Bloomsbury', 'madwoman', and foremother of women's studies. Impossible to categorize, Virginia Woolf is one of the major figures of the 20th century. These papers from the Second Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, held in New Haven in June 1992, demonstrate the breadth of current scholarship on the writings, life, and affiliations of Virginia Woolf and reflect her eclectic spirit and wide influence.
