{"product_id":"a-room-of-ones-ownthree-guineas-virginia-woolf","title":"A Room of One's Own\/Three Guineas (Virginia Woolf)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A landmark of feminist thought and a rhetorical masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted imaginary sister to Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity, \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e, based on a lecture given by Woolf at Girton College, Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Published almost a decade later, \u003ci\u003eThree Guineas\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground in its discussion of men, militarism and women's attitudes towards war. These two pieces reveal Virginia Woolf's indomitable spirit, sophisticated wit and genius as an essayist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Michèle Barrett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eVirginia Woolf, born in 1882, was the major novelist at the heart of the inter-war Bloomsbury Group. Her early novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNight and Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJacob's Room\u003c\/i\u003e. Between 1925 and 1931 she produced her finest masterpieces, including \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrlando \u003c\/i\u003eand the experimental \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e. Her later novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetween the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, and she also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, journalism and biography, including the passionate feminist essay \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e. Suffering from depression, she drowned herself in the River Ouse in 1941.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 432 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65889558135133,"sku":"K076509355","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7650935500001A.jpg?v=1789106385","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-room-of-ones-ownthree-guineas-virginia-woolf","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}