L’histoire émouvante de la vie et de l’œuvre de la romancière Virginia Woolf, révélée à travers ses propres lettres adressées à ses proches. Virginia Woolf est considérée par beaucoup comme l’une des plus grandes écrivaines britanniques et l’une des modernistes les plus importantes du XXe siècle. En plus d’écrire ses romans, Woolf était une correspondante infatigable, rédigeant jusqu’à six lettres par jour. Ce recueil de lettres de Virginia Woolf offre un aperçu fascinant de sa vie, mettant en lumière la person- nalité complexe de la romancière elle-même. Les lettres vont de l’esprit et de l’irrévérence à la mélancolie et à l’introspection, avec des allusions aux crises de maladie mentale qui l’ont conduite à mettre fin à ses jours. C’était une écrivaine de génie ; grâce à sa correspondance, nous nous rapprochons de l’un des es- prits les plus brillants et les plus vivants du XXe siècle. « Une vraie lettre, insistait-elle, devrait être comme un film de cire pressé contre les gravures de l’esprit ». Le livre contient des informations générales sur la vie de Virginia Woolf ainsi que des exemples réels de son écriture manuscrite. Il comprend également des notes biographiques sur les principaux destinataires des lettres, ainsi qu’un arbre généalogique permettant de suivre les noms. Les lettres sont magnifiquement illustrées de photographies, de peintures et de croquis des personnes et des lieux auxquels Virginia Woolf était le plus étroitement liée, dont beaucoup ont été réalisés par des membres du groupe de Bloomsbury, tels que la sœur de Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry et Duncan Grant.
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Frances Spalding is an art historian, critic, and biographer. Between 2000 and 2015, she taught at Newcastle University, becoming professor of Art History. She acted as editor of The Burlington Magazine from 2015 to 2016, and is now a fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Art. Her books include British Art Since 1900 and biographies of the painters Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell. She lives in London.
The moving story of the life and work of novelist Virginia Woolf, revealed through her own letters to those closest to her.
Virginia Woolf is considered by many to be one of the greatest British writers and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. As well as writing her novels, Woolf was a tireless correspondent, penning as many as six letters a day.
This collection of Virginia Woolf's letters offers a fascinating insight into her life, illuminating the complex personality of the novelist herself. The letters range from witty and irreverent to melancholy and introspective, with intimations of the bouts of mental illness that were to lead her to take her own life. She was a writer of genius; and through her correspondence we come close to one of the most brilliant and high-spirited minds of the twentieth century. ‘A true letter’, she insisted, ‘should be like a film of wax pressed close to the graving of the mind’.
The book contains background information on Virginia Woolf’s life along with real samples of her handwriting. There are also biographical notes on the main recipients of the letters, together with a family tree for keeping track of names.
The letters are beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs, paintings and sketches of the people and places with which Virginia Woolf was most closely connected – many by members of the Bloomsbury Group, such as Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry and Duncan Grant.
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. The moving story of the life and work of novelist Virginia Woolf, revealed through her own letters to those closest to her. Virginia Woolf is considered by many to be one of the greatest British writers and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. As well as writing her novels, Woolf was a tireless correspondent, penning as many as six letters a day.This collection of Virginia Woolf's letters offers a fascinating insight into her life, illuminating the complex personality of the novelist herself. The letters range from witty and irreverent to melancholy and introspective, with intimations of the bouts of mental illness that were to lead her to take her own life. She was a writer of genius; and through her correspondence we come close to one of the most brilliant and high-spirited minds of the twentieth century. 'A true letter', she insisted, 'should be like a film of wax pressed close to the graving of the mind'.The book contains background information on Virginia Woolf's life along with real samples of her handwriting. There are also biographical notes on the main recipients of the letters, together with a family tree for keeping track of names.The letters are beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs, paintings and sketches of the people and places with which Virginia Woolf was most closely connected - many by members of the Bloomsbury Group, such as Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry and Duncan Grant. The moving story of the life and work of novelist Virginia Woolf, revealed through her own letters to those closest to her. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781849949637
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