Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf is one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century literature. She was original, passionate, vivid, dedicated to her art. Yet most writing about her still revolves around her social life and the Bloomsbury set. In this fresh, absorbing book, Julia Briggs puts the writing back at the center of Woolf s life, reads that life through her work, and mines the novels themselves to. Full description synopsis may belong to another edition of this title.
Review: Briggs pulls together a high-wire act; biographer and subject seem to commingle on the page, the result being a joint effort of imaginative force. Elaine Margolin Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (11/20/2005) Briggs masterfully uses Virginia Woolf s own thoughts and words to gain entrance into the layered world of her life and work.