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S/LI/513. An examination of Woolf's use of genre in her work

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2011
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This paper discusses the way in which Virginia Woolf experiments with genre. The paper looks at Woolf’s works, as well as the work of people that inspired her. The genres examined range from biography to fantasy and from elegy to realism. The way in which she employed and distorted these genres is examined, and the reasons why she used them are explored. Conclusions are made regarding the similarities between Woolf’s uses of genre in her work.

 

KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf, biography, fantasy, genre, elegy, realism,

 
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