Virginia Woolf's Reading Notebooks by Silver, Brenda R - 1983

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1983. 384 Pages Indexed. A very good copy in blue cloth. Front endpaper has two stamped prices with one marked out and corners are lightly bumped. Interior text pages are flawless. A foundational text gathering together Virginia Woolf's reading notebooks compiled during the 1930s and onward, giving common readers and scholars alike access to her reading as she was writing her novels, essays and reviews. From Virginia Woolf's 1937 appearance on the cover of Time magazine to her current roles in theater, film, and television, Silver traces the often contradictory representations and the responses they provoke, highlighting the recurring motifs that associate Virginia Woolf with fear. By looking more closely at who is afraid and the contexts in which she is perceived to be frightening, Silver illustrates how Virginia Woolf has become the site of conflicts about cultural boundaries and legitimacy that continue to rage today. This is a book about Virginia Woolf: the face that sells more postcards than any other at Britain's National Portrait Gallery, the name that Edward Albee's play linked with fear, the cultural icon so rich in meanings that it has been used to market everything from the New York Review of Books to Bass Ale. Brenda Silver analyzes Virginia Woolf's surprising visibility in both high and popular culture, showing how her image and authority have been claimed or challenged in debates about art, politics, anger, sexuality, gender, class, the canon, feminism, race, and fashion. From Virginia Woolf's 1937 appearance on the cover of Time magazine to her current roles in theater, film, and television, Silver traces the often contradictory representations and the responses they provoke, highlighting the recurring motifs that associate Virginia Woolf with fear. By looking more closely at who is afraid and the contexts in which she is perceived to be frightening, Silver illustrates how Virginia Woolf has become the site of conflicts about cultural boundaries and legitimacy that continue to rage today.. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".