Virginia Woolf and the Professions
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan | ISBN: | 9781139986496 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | July 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan |
| ISBN: | 9781139986496 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | July 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
