Optimistic about the future, feminist Solnit sees the right panicking over liberalism’s advances. Her Gramsci quote echoes Matthew Arnold and Virginia Woolf.
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Tag Archives: Virginia Woolf
Optimism in the Face of Trumpism
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Stream of Consciousness’ Healing Powers
In “Wonderworks” Fletcher explains the therapeutic effects of stream of consciousness, Virginia Woolf’s especially.
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Mrs. Dalloway on Moving Past Covid
Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” shows us how to juggle this uncertain moment in the Covid pandemic.
Ibsen for Character Formation
Woolf’s “Voyage Out” explores how literature contributes to character formation.
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Woolf and On Board Lit Conversations
To move from Jo Nesbo’s Nordic Noir to Virginia Woolf is to experience emotional whiplash.
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Mrs. Dalloway as Pandemic Novel?!
Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” may have been shaped by the 1918 pandemic, even though the illness is barely mentioned.
Mrs. Dalloway and the Gift of Aging
Friday My wife Julia alerted me to a luminescent Atlantic article about women disappearing as they grow older. Although some regard this as a problem, author Akiko Busch draws on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway to show how women can turn it to their advantage. First, the apparent problem. When women are treated as objects, they […]
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Female Intimacy in Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf may have used “To the Lighthouse” to explore the possibilities of human intimacy.
Patmore’s “Angel,” a Dangerous Poem
Patmore’s “Angel in the House” is no longer read but it defined the domestic ideal for much of the 19th century.
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