Moments of Being - Autobiographical Writings
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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2002 |
| Seiten | 208 |
| Format | 23,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 284 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0712646183 |
| EAN | 9780712646185 |
| Bestell-Nr | 71264618EA |
Die Kunst des Erinnerns: Fünf hinreißende und bewegende Skizzen aus einem schwierigen Leben
Neben ihren Tagebüchern und Briefen hat Virginia Woolf einige Memoiren hinterlassen, die nicht für die Öffentlichkeit gedacht waren. Den ersten dieser Texte schrieb sie mit 26 Jahren, lange bevor sie als Schriftstellerin hervortrat; an dem letzten arbeitete sie bis wenige Monate vor ihrem Tod. Mit fast analytischer Genauigkeit hält sie den Zauber, aber auch die Schrecken und Abgründe ihrer Kindheit fest. Sie berichtet von der allmählichen Befreiung aus der Enge ihres viktorianisch-prüden Elternhauses und von den Anfängen der legendären "Bloomsbury Group". Nicht ohne Witz und Ironie schildert sie diesen unkonventionellen Freundeskreis aus Künstlern und Schriftstellern, der ihr Denken und Schreiben entscheidend mit beeinflusst hat.
Kurzbeschreibung:
'This is by far the most important book about Virginia Woolf that has appeared since her death.' Angus Wilson, Observer
Klappentext:
Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five unpublished pieces. Despite Quentin Bell's comprehensive biography and numerous recent studies of her, the author's own account of her early life holds new fascination - for its unexpected detail, the strength of its emotion, and its clear-sighted judgement of Victorian values.
In 'Reminiscences' Virginia Woolf focuses on the death of her mother, 'the greatest disaster that could happen', and its effect on her father, the demanding patriarch who took a high toll of the women in his household. She surveys some of the same ground in 'A Sketch of the Past', the most important memoir in this collection, which she wrote with greater detachment and supreme command of her art shortly before her death.
Readers will be struck by the extent to which she drew on these early experiences for her novels, as she tells how she exorcised the obsessive presence of her mother by writing To the Lighthouse. Thelast three papers were composed to be read to the Memoir Club, a postwar regrouping of Bloomsbury, which exacted absolute candour of its members. Virginia Woolf's contributions were not only bold but also original and amusing. She describes George Duckworth's passionate efforts to launch the Stephen girls; gives her own version of 'Old Bloomsbury'; and, with wit and some malice, reflects on her connections with titled society.
Rezension:
"One might think, from the heaps of books, that the bones of Bloomsbury had been by now well and truly disinterred...But one would be wrong, for Moments of Being is a real delight" Jan Marsh Daily Telegraph
