Virginia Woolf. A Concise Biography

Description

This overview of Virginia Woolf's life and work from the Famous Author's series introduces the writer's upperclass family and their many literary friends who cultivated her talents and later inspired characters. The film takes a look at Woolf's response to the early loss of her mother and sister and her mental health struggles thereafter. Woolf secured an important position in London literary circles, and was part of the famous Bloomsbury group, and proceeded to write innovative fiction that changed the way women were represented in literature.

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34 min

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Date of Publication

[2011], c2011

Database

Films on Demand

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