Virginia Woolf and the Professions - Couverture souple

Chan, Evelyn Tsz Yan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1107657229 ISBN 13 : 9781107657229

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book explores Virginia Woolf's engagement with the professions in her life and writing. Woolf underscored the significance of the professions to society, such as the opportunity they provided for a decent income and the usefulness of professional accreditation. However, she also resisted their hierarchical structures and their role in creating an overspecialised and fragmented modernity, which prevented its members from leading whole, fulfilling lives. This book shows how Woolf's writing reshaped the professions so that they could better serve the individual and society, and argues that her search for alternatives to existing professional structures deeply influenced her literary methods and experimentation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Evelyn Chan is currently Assistant Professor of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She completed her PhD on Virginia Woolf at the University of Cambridge in 2010.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107657229
• ISBN 13: 9781107657229
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 230
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