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Virginia Woolf's Afterlives - The Author as Character in Contemporary Fiction and Drama (Hardcover)
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Virginia Woolf's Afterlives - The Author as Character in Contemporary Fiction and Drama (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Auto/Biography Studies
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This book explores Virginia Woolf's afterlives in contemporary
biographical novels and drama. It offers an extensive analysis of a
wide array of literary productions in which Virginia Woolf appears
as a fictional character or a dramatis persona. It examines how
Woolf's physical and psychological features, as well as the values
she stood for, are magnified, reinforced or distorted to serve the
authors' specific agendas. Beyond general theoretical issues about
this flourishing genre, this study raises specific questions about
the literary and cultural relevance of Woolf's fictional
representations. These contemporary narratives inform us about
Woolf's iconicity, but they also mirror our current literary,
cultural and political concerns. Based on a close examination of
twenty-five works published between 1972 and 2019, the book surveys
various portraits of Woolf as a feminist, pacifist, troubled
genius, gifted innovative writer, treacherous, competitive sister
and tragic, suicidal character, or, on the contrary, as a
caricatural comic spirit, inspirational figure and perspicacious
amateur sleuth. By resurrecting Virginia Woolf in contemporary
biofiction, whether to enhance or debunk stereotypes about the
historical figure, the authors studied here contribute to her
continuous reinvention. Their diverse fictional portraits
constitute a way to reinforce Woolf's literary status, re-evaluate
her work, rejuvenate critical interpretations and augment her
cultural capital in the twenty-first century
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