Diese Tagebuchreihe gewährt einen faszinierenden Einblick in das Leben einer der einflussreichsten Schriftstellerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Durch intime Aufzeichnungen hält die Autorin ihre Gedanken, kreativen Prozesse und alltäglichen Erlebnisse fest. Leser tauchen in die kreative Welt, das gesellschaftliche Leben und das literarische Geschehen ihrer Zeit ein. Sie ist ein einzigartiges Zeugnis für die Prägung von Literaturgeschmack und persönlichem Leben.
Die Tagebücher von Virginia Woolf bieten einen lebhaften Einblick in das literarische London von 1915 bis 1941. Sie verbinden poetische Gedanken mit reflektierenden Passagen und berichten von der Gründung des Verlags ›The Hogarth Press‹ sowie ihrem Bekanntenkreis in der ›Bloomsbury Group‹ und alltäglichen Erlebnissen.
Der zweite Band der Tagebücher von Virginia Woolf behandelt die Jahre, in denen ›Jacobs Zimmer‹ und ›Mrs Dalloway‹ entstanden. Er beleuchtet ihre schriftstellerische Entwicklung, den Freundeskreis in London, das häusliche Leben in Richmond und ihre Reaktionen auf Schönheit. Zudem dokumentiert er ihre Freundschaft zu Vita Sackville-West und ihre Romanideen.
The second volume covers a crucial period in Woolf's development as a writer. "Her sensibility, her sensitiveness, her humor, her drama... above all her catalytic gifts as a writer seem almost too much for one remarkable woman." Christian Science Monitor
An account of Woolf's life during the period in which To the Lighthouse and The Waves were written. "Her steel-trap mind and elegant prose...make this a most valuable and pleasurable book" (Publishers Weekly). "Volume three is as witty and intelligent as its predecessors" (Atlantic Monthly). Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index.
This book provides an insightful account of Virginia Woolf's life while writing "To the Lighthouse" and "The Waves." Praised for its wit and intelligence, it showcases Woolf's sharp mind and elegant prose. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, it includes contributions from Andrew McNeillie and features an index.
The penultimate volume of Woolf's diaries details the mature period of The Years and moments of personal sadness brought by the deaths of Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, and Roger Fry. "A book of extraordinary vitality, wit, and beauty" (New York Times Book Review). Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index.
The penultimate volume of Woolf's diaries captures her mature years during the writing of The Years, reflecting on personal losses, including Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington. Praised for its vitality and wit, this edition is edited by Anne Olivier Bell with assistance from Andrew McNeillie.
Virginia Woolf was fifty-four on January 25, 1936, some three weeks after this final volume of her diary opens. Its last page was written four days before she drowned herself on March 28, 1941. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index; maps.