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- catalog abstract ""This biography tells the story of Virginia Woolf's last ten years, from the creation of her great visionary novel, The Waves, to her suicide in 1941. Herbert Marder looks closely at Woolf's views on totalitarianism and her depictions of Britain under siege to create a remarkable portrait of a mature and renowned writer during a time of rising fascist violence." "The Measure of Life suggests that Woolf anticipated her suicide, and indeed enacted it symbolically many times before the event. Marder's account of her death emphasizes the importance of her relationship with her doctor and distant cousin, Octavia Wilberforce. Wilberforce's letters about Woolf's last months, including some previously unpublished passages, appear in the appendix." "Staying close to the spirit of Woolf's own writing, Marder traces her evolving social consciousness in the 1930s, connecting her growing concern with politics and social history with the facts of her daily life. He stresses her endurance as a working writer, and explores her friendships, her complex relations with servants, and her activities at the Hogarth Press."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11664048.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This biography tells the story of Virginia Woolf's last ten years, from the creation of her great visionary novel, The Waves, to her suicide in 1941. Herbert Marder looks closely at Woolf's views on totalitarianism and her depictions of Britain under siege to create a remarkable portrait of a mature and renowned writer during a time of rising fascist violence." "The Measure of Life suggests that Woolf anticipated her suicide, and indeed enacted it symbolically many times before the event. Marder's account of her death emphasizes the importance of her relationship with her doctor and distant cousin, Octavia Wilberforce. Wilberforce's letters about Woolf's last months, including some previously unpublished passages, appear in the appendix." "Staying close to the spirit of Woolf's own writing, Marder traces her evolving social consciousness in the 1930s, connecting her growing concern with politics and social history with the facts of her daily life. He stresses her endurance as a working writer, and explores her friendships, her complex relations with servants, and her activities at the Hogarth Press."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-406) and index.".
- catalog description "Prelude: The Shapes a Mind Holds -- Human Nature Undressed -- A Taste of Salt -- Lady Rosebery's Party -- God's Fist -- Ghosts: The Empty Room -- Ghosts: From the Acropolis -- Anonymity and Rhythm -- The Firing of Nelly Boxall -- Acts in a Play -- On Being Despised -- Slow Motion: The Years -- An Inch of the Pattern: The Years -- Antigone's Daughters -- A Purple Background -- To the Altar -- Weeping Willie -- Oblivion and Water -- Time Passes -- The Wilberforce Letters.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 418 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Measure of life.".
- catalog identifier "0801437296".
- catalog isFormatOf "Measure of life.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "Measure of life.".
- catalog subject "823/.912 B 21".
- catalog subject "Novelists, English 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR6045.O72 Z8152 2000".
- catalog subject "Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 Last years.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prelude: The Shapes a Mind Holds -- Human Nature Undressed -- A Taste of Salt -- Lady Rosebery's Party -- God's Fist -- Ghosts: The Empty Room -- Ghosts: From the Acropolis -- Anonymity and Rhythm -- The Firing of Nelly Boxall -- Acts in a Play -- On Being Despised -- Slow Motion: The Years -- An Inch of the Pattern: The Years -- Antigone's Daughters -- A Purple Background -- To the Altar -- Weeping Willie -- Oblivion and Water -- Time Passes -- The Wilberforce Letters.".
- catalog title "The measure of life : Virginia Woolf's last years / Herbert Marder.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".