Books And Portraits
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From one of the most luminous minds of the twentieth century comes Books and Portraits, a collection of Virginia Woolf's shorter writings that illuminates her remarkable gift for literary and biographical criticism. Gathered posthumously, this volume presents Woolf's incisive essays on literature and the lives of artists, writers, and thinkers, offering readers a privileged window into her restless, exacting intellect as she dissects both the written word and the human character behind it. Woolf's prose here is unmistakably her own — fluid, penetrating, and shot through with flashes of wit and tenderness — as she argues for a deeper, more intuitive understanding of books and the personalities that animate them. Each piece stands as a portrait in itself, capturing not merely the subject under scrutiny but also the sensibility of the critic observing them. For admirers of Woolf and devotees of the essay form alike, Books and Portraits is an indispensable companion that leaves one wondering what further revelations her pen might have yielded.
Author: Virginia Woolf
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From one of the most luminous minds of the twentieth century comes Books and Portraits, a collection of Virginia Woolf's shorter writings that illuminates her remarkable gift for literary and biographical criticism. Gathered posthumously, this volume presents Woolf's incisive essays on literature and the lives of artists, writers, and thinkers, offering readers a privileged window into her restless, exacting intellect as she dissects both the written word and the human character behind it. Woolf's prose here is unmistakably her own — fluid, penetrating, and shot through with flashes of wit and tenderness — as she argues for a deeper, more intuitive understanding of books and the personalities that animate them. Each piece stands as a portrait in itself, capturing not merely the subject under scrutiny but also the sensibility of the critic observing them. For admirers of Woolf and devotees of the essay form alike, Books and Portraits is an indispensable companion that leaves one wondering what further revelations her pen might have yielded.