The Measure of Life: Virginia Woolf's Last Years

by Herbert Marder

Book Overview

This elegantly written and richly detailed biography tells the story of Virginia Woolf's last ten years, from the creation of her great visionary novel, The Waves, to her suicide in 1941. Herbert Marder looks closely at Woolf's views on totalitarianism and her depictions of Britain under siege to create a remarkable portrait of a mature and renowned writer during a time of rising fascist violence.An awareness of personal danger, Marder says, colored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437296
• ISBN13: 9780801437298
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher