Virginia Woolf och Vanessa Bell. Två systrar med stora drömmar, i en tid där uppfostran, arv och anseende krävde att flickor spelade sina roller perfekt. Vanessa och Virginia uppfostrades till att bli felfria, utsökta, damer. De blev något helt annat. I Vanessa och Virginia får vi följa syst[...]
Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing is a poetic, insightful, and ultimately moving exploration of 'the strange science of writing.' In a magnetic, irresistible narrative, Cixous reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for 'great' writing: The School of the Dead [...]
The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the twelfth century to the present, are represented in the library'[...]
This is the first truly representative collection of texts by Helene Cixous. The substantial pieces range broadly across her entire oeuvre, and include essays, works of fiction, lectures and drama. Arranged helpfully in chronological order, the extracts span twenty years of intellectual thought and [...]
Virginia Woolf's writing has generated passion and controversy for the best part of a century. Her novels - challenging, moving, and always deeply intelligent - remain as popular with readers as they are with students and academics. The highly successful 2010 Cambridge Companion has been fully revis[...]
The Waves is one of the greatest achievements in modern literature. Commonly considered the most important, challenging and ravishingly poetic of Virginia Woolf's novels, it was in her own estimation 'the most complex and difficult of all my books'. This edition will be the most authoritative, most [...]
"You see, even after all these years, I wonder if you really loved me." Vanessa and Virginia are sisters, best friends, bitter rivals, and artistic collaborators. As children, they fight for the attention of their overextended mother, their brilliant but difficult father, and their adored brother, T[...]
Virginia Woolf och Vanessa Bell. Två systrar med stora drömmar, i en tid där uppfostran, arv och anseende krävde att flickor spelade sina roller perfekt. Vanessa och Virginia uppfostrades till att bli felfria, utsökta, damer. De blev något helt annat.
I Vanessa och Virginia får vi [...]
Jo lapsina Vanessa Bell ja hänen sisarensa Virginia Woolf tavoittelevat eri unelmia. Kolkko lapsuudenkoti vaihtuu Lontoon boheemiin Bloomsburyyn, jossa elämään mahtuu kaikkea - avioliitto, rakastajia, menetystä, hulluutta, lapsia ja tietenkin taidetta. Toisilleen omistautuneina ja silti raivois[...]