by Virginia Woolf (Author), Hermione Lee (Introduction)
WITH AN INTRODUCTION, PLUS EXTENSIVE NOTES AND REFERENCES BY HERMIONE LEE. This volume combines for the first time in paperback two books by Virginia Woolf which are among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on Patriarchy and sexual inequality. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN, first published in 1929, is a witty, urbane and persuasive argument against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. The sequal was published in 1938 as THREE GUINEAS - a passionate and much more strongly charged polemic which draws a startling comparison between the tyrannous hypocrisy of the Victorian patriarchal system and the evils of fascism.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 26 Sep 1996
ISBN 10: 0099734311
ISBN 13: 9780099734314
Book Overview: Woolf exposes the prejudices and constraints against which women writers struggled for centuries, and argues for a more equal literary establishment