Virginia Woolf Icon

by Brenda R. Silver

Book Overview

This is a book about "Virginia Woolf" the face that sells more postcards than any other at Britain's National Portrait Gallery, the name that Edward Albee's play linked with fear, the cultural icon so rich in meanings that it has been used to market everything from the New York Review of Books to Bass Ale. Brenda Silver analyzes Virginia Woolf's surprising visibility in both high and popular culture, showing how her image and authority have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226757463
• ISBN13: 9780226757469
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"