BOOKS - Virginia Woolf and the Politics of Language
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Virginia Woolf and the Politics of Language
Author: Judith Allen
Year: 2010
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 912 KB
Language: English
Year: 2010
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 912 KB
Language: English
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup ISBN 9780748645856 ISBN 9780748636754 ISBN 9780748636761 ISBN 9780748674534 Through close readings of Woolf s essays including Montaigne A Room of One s Own Craftsmanship Three Guineas and Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid Allen shows how Woolf s politics are expressed and enacted in her writing She then works from a wide range of sources to relate Woolf s views and methods to our current political situation These sources range from Michel de Montaigne to the Dixie Chicks from the Northcliffe Press newspaper empire of World War I to today s mainstream newspapers Rupert Murdoch s empire satirical news shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show and social media and the blogosphere