Virginia Woolf and the Professions
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1107657229
ISBN-13
9781107657229
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 28th, 2016
Print length
230 Pages
Weight
358 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 23.00 x 1.70 cms
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One of the first book-length studies of a female modernist writer and the professions, this monograph explores the relationship between Virginia Woolf's writing and the rise of the professions in twentieth-century Britain. This book shows how Woolf participated in debates about the role of the professions in British society.
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.
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