TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forrester,Viviane
AU  - Gladding,Jody
TI  - Virginia Woolf: a portrait 
SN  - 9780231153560
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Woolf, Virginia,
KW  - Novelists, English
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends recently unearthed documents, key primary sources, and personal interviews with Woolf's relatives and other acquaintances to render in unmatched detail the author's complicated relationship with her husband, Leonard; her father, Leslie Stephen; and her sister, Vanessa Bell. Forrester connects these figures to Woolf's mental breakdown while introducing the concept of "Virginia seule," or Virginia alone: an uncommon paragon of female strength and conviction. Forrester's biography inhabits her characters and vivifies their perspective, weaving a colorful, intense drama that forces readers to rethink their understanding of Woolf, her writing, and her world. -- from dust jacket
ER  -