Melba Cuddy-Keane relates Woolf's literary reviews and essays to early twentieth-century debates about the value of "highbrow" culture; the methods of instruction in universities and adult education; and the importance of an educated public for the realization of democratic goals. Combining a wealth of historical detail with a penetrating analysis of Woolf's essays, this study will alter our views of Woolf, modernism, and intellectual endeavor.
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Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere
Melba Cuddy-Keane relates Woolf's literary reviews and essays to early twentieth-century debates about the value of "highbrow" culture; the methods of instruction in universities and adult education; and the importance of an educated public for the realization of democratic goals. Combining a wealth of historical detail with a penetrating analysis of Woolf's essays, this study will alter our views of Woolf, modernism, and intellectual endeavor.
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Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere
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Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere
248
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ISBN-13: | 9780521035385 |
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 01/18/2007 |
Pages: | 248 |
Product dimensions: | 6.06(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.75(d) |
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