Virginia Woolf, too, channels in her novel, A Room of One's Own, a whole thought process, based on her thoughtful experiences, reflecting on the topic of women and fiction, on attaining a form of sovereignty. ... Virginia Woolf draws on the same aspect of experiencing "authentic" thoughts, by incidents that she comes across while she experienced different incidents in the boys" college and later on in the girls" college. ... Her main idea was to present an elegant piece of work, on the struggles of woman, mixed within as being a woman in general, as being authors, as being subject of fi...

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Narrative peculiarities in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway- This essay (that I would rather consider as an analysis) will deal with the narration, narrator and narrative techniques of V. ... Virginia Woolf probably is one of the most famous women writers - mostly because of her ability to reflect the inner world of a woman. ... In "The Gender of Narration in Virginia Woolf's early novels-, one can find interesting lines that also would correspondent to my personal view of V. ... Probably it could be said that most of Virginia Woolf's characters are quite unreliable as narrators;...

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Theoretically, gender separates authors in no more of a respect than do the author's birthstone or favorite color. ... Virginia Woolf provides a first-hand account of such discrimination inA Room of One's Own? ... Woolf herself was even denied the right to situate alongside a riverbed, allowing her to concentrate on writing. ... (24) Supportive of Woolf and sharing similar views, is an anonymous article from Cultural Conversations entitledTimes Literary Supplement,? ... While Woolf provided a first-hand account of women's deprivation, Hooks? ...

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In the Gilbert and Gubar essay they refer to Virginia Woolf and the "Woolfian Act". ... These characteristics clearly make her out to be the angel however by the end of the film Beth's hair is in disarray similar to that of Alex Forrest's hair. ... In "The Queen's Looking Glass" the authors say when you look into the mirror what you see is what's given back to you. ... In this scene both women look very similar to each other showing both sides of their angel and monster characteristics. ...

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Authors seeking newer and more profound ways of interpreting and expressing their sorrowful realities developed writing styles that did not adhere to previous rules or methods. ... William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce are three examples of famous authors who employed this technique. ... Similar to the authors of the time, artists of all kinds felt the need to express themselves in increasingly abstract and experimental ways. ... Expressionism was similar, and tried to capture the feelings and emotions of human beings on canvas, rather than discernable shapes. ...

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She had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bourton into the open air" (Woolf, 1996 P.5.) ... Clarissa is analysed in terms of her life, personality, and thought process throughout the book by the author and other characters. ... Woolf strived to illustrate the vain artificiality of Clarissa's life and her involvement in it. ... The thread of the Prime Minister throughout, the near fulfilling of Peter's prophecy concerning Clarissa's proposed marriage to Roger, and the characters of the doctors compared to the tragic plight of Septimus throw a critical light upon the so...

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Walker, Marshall, and Hurston; Women writing other Women Alice Walker, through her essay "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens", and Paule Marshall, in "Poets In The Kitchen", both write about the African-American women of the past and how these women have had an impact on their writing. Walke...

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Popular authors like Dickens and Trollope churned out three-volume novels, engaged in numerous philanthropic projects, devoured twelve-course dinners, took twenty-mile walks, and produced a voluminous correspondence. ... Elaborating somewhat on these authors, I hope, gives the reader an insight to their wishes, their lives, and their beliefs, which were all central to their works, since they were all pivotal figures in this era, in regard to their contribution to the field of literature and otherwise. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

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