ENGL 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Leonard Woolf, Bloomsbury Group, Video Lesson
16 Sep 2016
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Greatest english born writer of all time. Wrote 9 novels, 4,000 letters, 400 essays, 30 volumes of diaries. Advocate who solidified place of feminism in public discourse. Mother died suddenly in 1895, father died in 1904, brother toby died in. 1906 of typhoid- shattered by mother"s death, recounts in diary. Educated solely at home by father and allowed to read and range widely through enormous library in home. Sexually abused by at least one of half brothers at age 6, starting. Suffered from depression, like father, suffered breakdowns, nursing homes, was suicidal, tried to commit suicide. 1941- death by suicide, drowned self with pockets of stones, fearing for sanity. Paring of life down to dominant events can take away from her life and creativity. Talland house, st. ives, cornwall 1882-1894, family rented this house in summers, filled her with sound of waves. Central to her novels, especially to the lighthouse , one of greatest books.
