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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 305.42 EAN: 9780156787338 ISBN: 0156787334 Label: Harvest Books Manufacturer: Harvest Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 132 Publication Date: December 27, 1989 Publisher: Harvest Books Studio: Harvest Books Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Surprisingly, this long essay about society and art and sexism is one of Woolf's most accessible works. Woolf, a major modernist writer and critic, takes us on an erudite yet conversational--and completely entertaining--walk around the history of women in writing, smoothly comparing the architecture of sentences by the likes of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, all the while lampooning the chauvinistic state of university education in the England of her day. When she concluded that to achieve their full greatness as writers women will need a solid income and a privacy, Woolf pretty much invented modern feminist criticism. Product Description: Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one’s own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon. Book Description: Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Still Relevant and ImportantOne cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. ~Virginia Woolf,A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf's very intense A Room Of One's Own, is actually a long essay she wrote "with ardour and conviction" on the the topic of women and fiction, that she prepared when asked to speak about this subject at women's colleges. A Room of One's Own was published in 1929, when young women were still discouraged from attending college (due to genuine fear that a ... Read More Rating: - Smooth transactionTransaction went smoothly and got the item quicky in the condition promised. Would purchase again. Rating:  - A Room of One's OwnI found it tedious to read in spite of the high literary reputation and ability of Virginia Woolf. There must be something lacking in me. Edward Cook Rating: - Obligatory ReadingVirginia Woolf in her best form - personal but not self-centred, concentrated and ready to fight for what she believes is right. This long essay gives her views on the position of women in literature but offers also an overview of their role through centuries - from the imaginary Shakespeare's sister to her contemporaries. A must read for all readers regardless of sex! Rating: - unavailable...after i ordered this book, the distributors let me know instantly that they no longer had the book on shelf, and instantly refunded my account. speedy service is one thing, but keeping the customer informed is another...thanks 
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