A study of the influence of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature on Virginia Woolf's novels and criticism which offers new interpretations and enriches

Using letters, diaries, reading-notes, drafts of essays and novels, the author considers Woolf's reactions to the English Renaissance and assesses their impact

A revised and fully updated edition, featuring five new chapters reflecting recent scholarship on Woolf.

Dusinberre's book explores Woolf's search, in The Common Reader and other non-fictional writings, for an alternative literary tradition for women. Of equal inte

Explores Virginia Woolf's affinity with the early modern period and her sense of being reborn as writer and reader through the creation of an alternative tradit