1. Using such female authors as Jane Austen and Emily and Charlotte Bronte, she examines women and their struggles as artists, their position in literary history and need for independence.
2.Woolf was among the founders of the Modernist movement which also includes T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein.
3.The effects of bi-polar disorder at times caused Woolf protracted periods of convalescence, withdrawing from her busy social life, distressed that she could not focus long enough to read or write.
4.Virginia Woolf died on 28 March 1941 when she drowned herself in the River Ouse near their home in Sussex, by putting rocks in her coat pockets.
5.After her death, Leonard set to the task of editing her vast collection of correspondence, journals, and unpublished works and also wrote an autobiography.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Vocab: March 4
Chronic: (of an illness) Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
Sentiment: A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion.
Morality: Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
Remorse: Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
Defect: A shortcoming, imperfection, or lack: "genetic defects"; "the property is free from defect".
Acquaintance: One's slight knowledge of or friendship with someone.
Sanity: The ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health.
Implication: The conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated.
Alternative: One of two or more available possibilities.
Savage: (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) A member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized.
Phenomenon: A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, esp. one whose cause is in question./A remarkable person or thing.
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