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Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past - de Gay, Jane, Professor
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The first book to explore Virginia Woolf's preoccupation with the literary past and its profound impact on the content and structure of her novels. It analyses Woolf's reading and writing practices via her essays, diaries and reading notebooks and presents chronological studies of eight of her novels, exploring how Woolf's intensive reading surfaced in her fiction. The book sheds light on Woolf's varied and intricate use of literary allusions; examines ways in which Woolf revisited and revised plots and tropes from earlier ...

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Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past 2007, Edinburgh University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780748633029

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Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past 2006, Edinburgh University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780748623495

Hardcover