The critical Heritage of Woolf.pdf

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1、VIRGINIAWOOLF:THECRITICALHERITAGETHECRITICALHERITAGESERIESGeneralEditor:B.C.SouthamTheCriticalHeritageseriescollectstogetheralargebodyofcriticismonmajorfiguresinliterature.Eachvolumepresentsthecontemporaryresponsestoaparticularwriter,enablingthestudenttofollowtheformationofcriticalattitudestoth

2、ewriter’sworkanditsplacewithinaliterarytradition.Thecarefullyselectedsourcesrangefromlandmarkessaysinthehistoryofcriticismtofragmentsofcontemporaryopinionandlittlepublisheddocumentarymaterial,suchaslettersanddiaries.Significantpiecesofcriticismfromlaterperiodsarealsoincludedinordertodemonstrate

3、fluctuationsinreputationfollowingthewriter’sdeath.VIRGINIAWOOLFTHECRITICALHERITAGEEditedbyROBINMAJUMDAR&ALLENMCLAURINLondonandNewYorkFirstpublishedin1975RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup.ThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.Compilation,introduction,notesandindex©1975

4、RobinMajumdar&AllenMcLaurinAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecordingorinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers

5、.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataISBN0-203-44472-8Mastere-bookISBNISBN0-203-75296-1(AdobeeReaderFormat)ISBN0-415-15914-8(PrintEdition)GeneralEditor’sPrefaceThereceptiongiventoawriterbyhiscontemporariesandnear-contemporariesisevidenceofconsiderablevaluetothestudentofliterature.Ononesid

6、ewelearnagreatdealaboutthestateofcriticismatlargeandinparticularaboutthedevelopmentofcriticalattitudestowardsasinglewriter;atthesametime,throughprivatecommentsinletters,journalsormarginalia,wegainaninsightuponthetastesandliterarythoughtofindividualreadersoftheperiod.Evidenceofthiskindhelpsustou

7、nderstandthewriter’shistoricalsituation,thenatureofhisimmediatereading-public,andhisresponsetothesepressures.TheseparatevolumesintheCriticalHeritageSeriespresentarecordofthisearlycriticism.Clearly,formanyofthehighlyproductiveandle