Virginia Woolf

At the beginning of this century Virginia Woolf reacted against literary tradition sought a new definition of fiction applied her modern post-freudian outlook and radically feminist ideas to the problem of writing novels and in so doing re-defined our concept of this literary form. The results can be seen in Mrs Dalloway To The Lighthouse and The Waves three novels of a flowing impressionistic texture that are at the same time highly structured. Through detailed analysis of selected extracts from the novels the reader is taught to explore the delicate and yet rich writing Woolf achieved and to inquire into the significance of her ironies and symbolic structures. This guide does not sidestep the complexity of her works but challenges the reader to confront examine and enjoy it.