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[Ellen Moody]

I thought it was appalling too, and asked myself  when will people tire of
using what is popularly supposed of Virginia Woolf as  matter for a
whipping post.  Ellen

On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 9:42 AM Mary Ellen Foley via Vwoolf <
vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Beware!  To my eye, at least, the article may begin as a comment on
> troll-ery, but it became something else entirely, outlining Woolf's
> supposed five deaths, just in case we haven't harped enough on her suicide,
> dwelling on snobbery above all else, damning her work with faint praise,
> and getting enough tiny details wrong that could have been checked, that
> the effect was of contempt: the author  didn't bother to check.  (The worst
> example, possibly: No, it doesn't matter how many stories the Stephen
> family house had, unless you give the number of residents, undercount the
> number of stories by a factor of two, and make a point about overcrowding.
> With 5 above ground level and one below, the enormous family and their
> servants did not occupy a 3-story house -- no big deal, except that it's
> easily checkable, and he makes a point of how packed in they were, linking
> that to her wish for a room of one's own, which of course is a mistaken
> understanding of what she meant by "a room of one's own."  Even if he was
> referring to the years before the top floor was added, this is very sloppy
> work.)
>
> I made the mistake of reading some of the comments.  This is a civilized
> site, so the comments were courteous, but that only means that many simply
> used more polite language in dismissing Woolf in the same way she is
> generally dismissed by detractors.  (If you aren't a member, you can see
> only a selection of comments; I visited twice and was shown different
> comments, but the selection was possibly not representative.)
>
> I totally agree that the Woolf who/that has been constructed in more
> recent times serves as a figure on whom we can hang whatever ideas we like;
> that is because this figure has been crafted by articles such as this one,
> doing the same.
>
> Unfortunately, I read this first thing this morning. I hadn't wanted to
> begin the day so irritated!
>
> Mary Ellen
>
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 7:27 PM Andre Gerard via Vwoolf <
> vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Woolf as a guide to our troll tormented times:
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unherd.com/2021/08/why-was-virginia-woolf-so-rude/__;!!KGKeukY!g3zFrUG0dcHoOKBVfH7Mkx2ITdmBYVkNs8VK1HGsiJLu8AlUVZEkrx5Lkx7vlmqykyA$ 
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