From mc at clarior.net Tue May 2 19:11:01 2023 From: mc at clarior.net (Marie Claire Boisset) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 01:11:01 +0200 Subject: [Vwoolf] Ethel Smyth on France Musique Message-ID: Dear all: A note to flag a pretty programme on France Musique today - for those of you who understand French and/or who might be interested in listening to Ms Smyth's music & comments thereon, etc. Listened to sections of it - had missed the bits where VW was actually mentioned (around 1:15h?) as a "femme de lettres" - who would be in the audience for "The Wreckers" & "Entente Cordiale". ?? https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/arabesques/arabesques-du-mardi-02-mai-2023-3051213__;!!KGKeukY!yWctoW9cP7cXMtsycKmi0S2wf1cweGk2QXIYP43clE6uNxyjXnqkfQUwbMRsB8sg_4R9j7yQj1L8gw$ May May be safe, peaceful & fair to you! mc Marie-Claire Boisset-Pestourie Translations Address Brive-La-Gaillarde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. 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My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! All best, Amal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Benjamin.Hagen at usd.edu Wed May 3 12:23:01 2023 From: Benjamin.Hagen at usd.edu (Hagen, Benjamin D) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 16:23:01 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> Message-ID: Peeking inside the Amazon preview of the edition is worthwhile. Interesting that neither Hermione Lee (who wrote the introduction to this Penguin edition) nor Stella McNichol (who edited the text and wrote the notes) are given credit on the cover? The ?deluxe? just refers to the design of the book, I believe (deckle edge, illustrated cover). It?s the same ?Penguin Classics? edition, as far as I can tell, that has been available outside the U.S. since 1992. Lockwood?s foreword is new. Ben From: Vwoolf on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11:13 AM To: 'Amal Zaman' , Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! All best, Amal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smhall123 at yahoo.co.uk Wed May 3 12:56:38 2023 From: smhall123 at yahoo.co.uk (Sarah M. Hall) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 16:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> Message-ID: <1107512846.4994693.1683132998975@mail.yahoo.com> Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pbjacket flaps... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! All best, Amal _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhussey at verizon.net Wed May 3 13:37:58 2023 From: mhussey at verizon.net (mhussey at verizon.net) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 13:37:58 -0400 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> <1107512846.4994693.1683132998975@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <006801d97de6$00e70330$02b50990$@verizon.net> Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities _____ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! All best, Amal _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kllevenback at att.net Wed May 3 14:24:02 2023 From: kllevenback at att.net (Kllevenback) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 14:24:02 -0400 Subject: [Vwoolf] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_WHS_Webinar_5/8_-_=22The_Sassoons=3A_Th?= =?utf-8?q?e_Great_Global_Merchants_and_the_Making_of_an_Empire=22?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=94in_the_light_of_Virginia_Woolf_and_Siegfried_Sassoon?= =?utf-8?b?4oCmLg==?= References: <6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0.ref@att.net> Message-ID: <6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0@att.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srm10 at cornell.edu Wed May 3 14:24:47 2023 From: srm10 at cornell.edu (Shilo McGiff) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 11:24:47 -0700 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <419920D2-FF0C-43C9-90D5-7D81A528398E@cornell.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From helen at uoregon.edu Wed May 3 15:07:03 2023 From: helen at uoregon.edu (Helen Southworth) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 19:07:03 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: <006801d97de6$00e70330$02b50990$@verizon.net> References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> <1107512846.4994693.1683132998975@mail.yahoo.com> <006801d97de6$00e70330$02b50990$@verizon.net> Message-ID: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother? and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... Helen ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' ; 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; 'Sarah M. Hall' Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! All best, Amal _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stansky at stanford.edu Wed May 3 15:38:03 2023 From: stansky at stanford.edu (Peter D L Stansky) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 19:38:03 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] =?utf-8?q?WHS_Webinar_5/8_-_=22The_Sassoons=3A_The_Great?= =?utf-8?q?_Global_Merchants_and_the_Making_of_an_Empire=22=E2=80=94in_the?= =?utf-8?q?_light_of_Virginia_Woolf_and_Siegfried_Sassoon=E2=80=A6=2E?= In-Reply-To: <6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0@att.net> References: <6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0.ref@att.net> <6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0@att.net> Message-ID: In fact the connection with Philip is very slight and the mention of it in the press had it wrong. VW and Philip Sassoon met, of course, at a lunch at Lady Colefax?s and she described him in a letter to Vanessa as an underbred Whitechapel Jew which couldn?t be further from the truth: he was an overbred West End Jew who had probably rarely been to Whitechapel. After the lunch, he sent her a copy of his book, The Third Route, inscribed to Miss Virginia Woolfe! In terms of Bloomsbury he entertained Lytton Strachey several times at his country house Port Lympne although he had mixed feelings about Eminent Victorians. VW might well have liked his sister Sybil, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, but as far as I know they never met. I haven?t looked into it but I don?t know what thoughts and contacts VW might have had with Siegfried. If anyone wants to know more about Philip and Sybil they could look into my Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil (Yale, 2003) as well as a biography of Philip by Damian Collins. My best, Peter Sent from Mail for Windows From: Kllevenback Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:24 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; Peter D L Stansky Subject: Fwd: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire"?in the light of Virginia Woolf and Siegfried Sassoon?. In light of the current exhibition? on the Sassoons and interest in Virginia Woolf and the Sassoons, my husband and I thought that there might be others who would benefit from this webinar. Click the link if you want to be included. Stay safe, etc?. Karen Levenback Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Neufeld, Michael" Date: May 3, 2023 at 10:07:18 AM EDT To: Karen Levenback Subject: Fw: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" ? You probably got this, but may interest the Woolf list. 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Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Peter D L Stansky via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 3:38:03 PM To: Kllevenback ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire"?in the light of Virginia Woolf and Siegfried Sassoon?. In fact the connection with Philip is very slight and the mention of it in the press had it wrong. VW and Philip Sassoon met, of course, at a lunch at Lady Colefax?s and she described him in a letter to Vanessa as an underbred Whitechapel Jew In fact the connection with Philip is very slight and the mention of it in the press had it wrong. VW and Philip Sassoon met, of course, at a lunch at Lady Colefax?s and she described him in a letter to Vanessa as an underbred Whitechapel Jew which couldn?t be further from the truth: he was an overbred West End Jew who had probably rarely been to Whitechapel. After the lunch, he sent her a copy of his book, The Third Route, inscribed to Miss Virginia Woolfe! In terms of Bloomsbury he entertained Lytton Strachey several times at his country house Port Lympne although he had mixed feelings about Eminent Victorians. VW might well have liked his sister Sybil, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, but as far as I know they never met. I haven?t looked into it but I don?t know what thoughts and contacts VW might have had with Siegfried. If anyone wants to know more about Philip and Sybil they could look into my Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil (Yale, 2003) as well as a biography of Philip by Damian Collins. My best, Peter Sent from Mail for Windows From: Kllevenback Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:24 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; Peter D L Stansky Subject: Fwd: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire"?in the light of Virginia Woolf and Siegfried Sassoon?. In light of the current exhibition? on the Sassoons and interest in Virginia Woolf and the Sassoons, my husband and I thought that there might be others who would benefit from this webinar. Click the link if you want to be included. Stay safe, etc?. Karen Levenback Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Neufeld, Michael" Date: May 3, 2023 at 10:07:18 AM EDT To: Karen Levenback Subject: Fw: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" ? You probably got this, but may interest the Woolf list. Love, M From: Washington History Seminar | Wilson Center Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:01 AM To: Neufeld, Michael Subject: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" External Email - Exercise Caution Please join us for a Washington History Seminar webcast on "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" by Joseph Sassoon. Having trouble? View this email in your browser. [Wilson Center] [History and Public Policy Program] History and Public Policy Program [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/email_header_logos/public/media/uploads/images/AHA*20Wilson*20Center*20Logo_1.png__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!0DwWExA8TkZ0ZS7LR8anCu9x8_ZItsmNkCFvHa3GjkRPjZ4GPYqAFy6eFwQJqp8o6iMkFt_cWqCBzQ94KazLgGA-HED1$ ] LIVE WEBCAST | UPCOMING EVENT The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire Monday May. 8, 2023 4:00pm ? 5:30pm ET Online Only [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wilsoncenter.org/themes/custom/wilson/assets/images/email/btn-orange-rsvp-webcast.png__;!!KGKeukY!0DwWExA8TkZ0ZS7LR8anCu9x8_ZItsmNkCFvHa3GjkRPjZ4GPYqAFy6eFwQJqp8o6iMkFt_cWqCBzQ94KazLgH0dNpdo$ ] [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wilsoncenter.org/themes/custom/wilson/assets/images/email/spacer.gif__;!!KGKeukY!0DwWExA8TkZ0ZS7LR8anCu9x8_ZItsmNkCFvHa3GjkRPjZ4GPYqAFy6eFwQJqp8o6iMkFt_cWqCBzQ94KazLgEXZNDAO$ ] [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/email_2up_image_alt/public/media/uploads/images/Sassoons.jpg__;!!KGKeukY!0DwWExA8TkZ0ZS7LR8anCu9x8_ZItsmNkCFvHa3GjkRPjZ4GPYqAFy6eFwQJqp8o6iMkFt_cWqCBzQ94KazLgNDXowDy$ ] A spectacular generational saga of the making (and undoing) of a family dynasty: the riveting untold story of the gilded Jewish Bagdadi Sassoons, who built a vast empire through global finance and trade?cotton, opium, shipping, banking?that reached across three continents and ultimately changed the destinies of nations. With full access to rare family photographs and archives. The influential merchants of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped the globalization of today. The Sassoons, a Baghdadi-Jewish trading family, built a global trading enterprise by taking advantage of major historical developments during the nineteenth century. Their story is not just one of an Arab Jewish family that settled in India, traded in China, and aspired to be British. It also presents an extraordinary vista into the world in which they lived and prospered economically, politically, and socially. The book is not only about their rise, but also about their decline: why it happened, how political and economic changes after the First World War adversely affected them, and finally, how realizing their aspirations to reach the upper echelons of British society led to their disengagement from business and prevented them from adapting to the new economic and political world order. Joseph Sassoon is Professor of History and Political Economy at Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and holds the al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony?s College, Oxford, where he also completed his PhD. Professor Sassoon, whose research focuses on political economy, economic history, Iraq, Iraqi refugees, and authoritarianism, has published extensively and is the author of five books. His most recent book, The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire, was published in the United States by Pantheon Books (2022) and in the UK by Allen Lane under the title The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty (2022). Speaker Joseph Sassoon Former Fellow; Professor, Georgetown University [Joseph Sassoon] Panelists Rebecca Kobrin Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History, Columbia University [Rebecca Kobrin] The Washington History Seminar is co-chaired by Eric Arnesen (George Washington University) and Christian Ostermann (Woodrow Wilson Center) and is organized jointly by the American Historical Association and the Woodrow Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. It meets weekly during the academic year. 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Clarke) Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 09:35:17 +0100 Subject: [Vwoolf] =?utf-8?q?WHS_Webinar_5/8_-_=22The_Sassoons=3A_The_Great?= =?utf-8?q?_Global_Merchants_and_the_Making_of_an_Empire=22?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=94in_the_light_of_Virginia_Woolf_and_Siegfried_Sa?= =?utf-8?b?c3Nvb27igKYu?= In-Reply-To: References: <6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0.ref@att.net><6B32537B-A907-49C6-B7CB-6BC5209F99A0@att.net> Message-ID: <3367C5EC74A94B3D977CAD8970E5803D@StuartHP> Sybil Sassoon (1894?1989), the only daughter of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (1856?1912), became Countess of Rocksavage on her marriage in 1913, and Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1923. The Countess of Rocksavage is not a long way from the Countess of Rocksbier in ?Jacob?s Room?. Stuart From: Peter D L Stansky via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 8:38 PM To: Kllevenback ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire"?in the light of Virginia Woolf and Siegfried Sassoon?. In fact the connection with Philip is very slight and the mention of it in the press had it wrong. VW and Philip Sassoon met, of course, at a lunch at Lady Colefax?s and she described him in a letter to Vanessa as an underbred Whitechapel Jew In fact the connection with Philip is very slight and the mention of it in the press had it wrong. VW and Philip Sassoon met, of course, at a lunch at Lady Colefax?s and she described him in a letter to Vanessa as an underbred Whitechapel Jew which couldn?t be further from the truth: he was an overbred West End Jew who had probably rarely been to Whitechapel. After the lunch, he sent her a copy of his book, The Third Route, inscribed to Miss Virginia Woolfe! In terms of Bloomsbury he entertained Lytton Strachey several times at his country house Port Lympne although he had mixed feelings about Eminent Victorians. VW might well have liked his sister Sybil, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, but as far as I know they never met. I haven?t looked into it but I don?t know what thoughts and contacts VW might have had with Siegfried. If anyone wants to know more about Philip and Sybil they could look into my Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil (Yale, 2003) as well as a biography of Philip by Damian Collins. My best, Peter Sent from Mail for Windows From: Kllevenback Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:24 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; Peter D L Stansky Subject: Fwd: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire"?in the light of Virginia Woolf and Siegfried Sassoon?. In light of the current exhibition? on the Sassoons and interest in Virginia Woolf and the Sassoons, my husband and I thought that there might be others who would benefit from this webinar. Click the link if you want to be included. Stay safe, etc?. Karen Levenback Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Neufeld, Michael" Date: May 3, 2023 at 10:07:18 AM EDT To: Karen Levenback Subject: Fw: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" ? You probably got this, but may interest the Woolf list. Love, M From: Washington History Seminar | Wilson Center Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:01 AM To: Neufeld, Michael Subject: WHS Webinar 5/8 - "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" External Email - Exercise Caution Please join us for a Washington History Seminar webcast on "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" by Joseph Sassoon. Having trouble? View this email in your browser. History and Public Policy Program LIVE WEBCAST | UPCOMING EVENT The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire Monday May. 8, 2023 4:00pm ? 5:30pm ET Online Only A spectacular generational saga of the making (and undoing) of a family dynasty: the riveting untold story of the gilded Jewish Bagdadi Sassoons, who built a vast empire through global finance and trade?cotton, opium, shipping, banking?that reached across three continents and ultimately changed the destinies of nations. With full access to rare family photographs and archives. The influential merchants of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped the globalization of today. The Sassoons, a Baghdadi-Jewish trading family, built a global trading enterprise by taking advantage of major historical developments during the nineteenth century. Their story is not just one of an Arab Jewish family that settled in India, traded in China, and aspired to be British. It also presents an extraordinary vista into the world in which they lived and prospered economically, politically, and socially. The book is not only about their rise, but also about their decline: why it happened, how political and economic changes after the First World War adversely affected them, and finally, how realizing their aspirations to reach the upper echelons of British society led to their disengagement from business and prevented them from adapting to the new economic and political world order. Joseph Sassoon is Professor of History and Political Economy at Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and holds the al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony?s College, Oxford, where he also completed his PhD. Professor Sassoon, whose research focuses on political economy, economic history, Iraq, Iraqi refugees, and authoritarianism, has published extensively and is the author of five books. His most recent book, The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire, was published in the United States by Pantheon Books (2022) and in the UK by Allen Lane under the title The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty (2022). Speaker Joseph Sassoon Former Fellow; Professor, Georgetown University Panelists Rebecca Kobrin Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History, Columbia University The Washington History Seminar is co-chaired by Eric Arnesen (George Washington University) and Christian Ostermann (Woodrow Wilson Center) and is organized jointly by the American Historical Association and the Woodrow Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. It meets weekly during the academic year. One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004-3027 Phone: (202) 691-4000 Follow the Wilson Center Was this email forwarded? Subscribe now ? 2023 The Wilson Center. All Rights Reserved. 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Fern ald (she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity *The Norton Critical Edition of *Mrs. Dalloway *The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf * fernald at fordham.edu *zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt.* *zoom meeeting room link * On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf < vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The > Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different > cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last > week by Marie-Claire, was > Hi again All, > > This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The *Genius and Ink* essay > collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first > edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, > was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and > Bechdel to promote her *Are You My Mother? *and Patricia Lockwood to get > publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more > Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a > hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! > (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). > In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily > look a little too similar perhaps ... > > Helen > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Vwoolf on behalf > of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM > *To:* 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' ; 'Amal Zaman' < > amalzaman9 at gmail.com>; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; > 'Sarah M. Hall' > *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse > > Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I > should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new > textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save > me the money that > > Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I > should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new > textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save > me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! > > > > *From:* Leanna Lostoski-Ho > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM > *To:* 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; > mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall > *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse > > > > I have a "Deluxe" edition of *Lady Chatterley's Lover. *As a somewhat > "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and > rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" > edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way *To > the Lighthouse *features so prominently in her graphic memoir *Are You My > Mother?*, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. > > > > -Leanna > > > > *Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D.* > > Department of English > > University of New Hampshire > > she/her/hers > > > > Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society > > > Editorial Assistant ? *Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental > Humanities > * > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Vwoolf on behalf of Sarah M. Hall > via Vwoolf > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM > *To:* 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu < > vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>; mhussey at verizon.net > *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse > > > > *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the University System. > Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and > know the content is safe. > > > > Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps .. . er, that's it, I > think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), > without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. > SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, > > *Deluxe:* > > larger than usual Penguin pb > > jacket flaps > > ... er, that's it, I think > > > > Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), > without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. > > > > Sarah > > > > > > Sarah M. Hall > Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB > Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk > Facebook: @VWSGB > Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB > Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf < > vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? > (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been > asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > > > I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? > (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been > asked to write the intro, too!) > > > > *From:* Vwoolf *On > Behalf Of *Amal Zaman via Vwoolf > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM > *To:* Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu > *Subject:* [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse > > > > Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed > and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's > short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought > Bechdel > > Dear all, > > Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got > excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short > blog > > on her decisions. 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So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life. Anne Anne E. Fern ald (she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity The Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf fernald at fordham.edu zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt. zoom meeeting room link On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf > wrote: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother? and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... Helen _____ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' >; 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; 'Sarah M. Hall' > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; mhussey at verizon.net ; Sarah M. Hall > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities _____ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. 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From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:?15 AM To: vwoolf@?lists.?osu.?eduSubject: Re: [Vwoolf] OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:15 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.?? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life. Anne Anne E. Fern ald (she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity The Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf fernald at fordham.edu zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt. zoom meeeting room link On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf > wrote: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother? and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... Helen _____ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' >; 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; 'Sarah M. Hall' > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; mhussey at verizon.net ; Sarah M. Hall > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities _____ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! 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Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 17:08:15 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: <04d301d97ea1$2a8b7fc0$7fa27f40$@btinternet.com> References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> <1107512846.4994693.1683132998975@mail.yahoo.com> <006801d97de6$00e70330$02b50990$@verizon.net> <002901d97ea0$c1282100$43786300$@verizon.net> <04d301d97ea1$2a8b7fc0$7fa27f40$@btinternet.com> Message-ID: ? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Stephen Barkway via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:57:44 AM To: mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ?Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via VwoolfSent: 04 May 2023 16:?55To:? ?Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Sent: 04 May 2023 16:55 To: 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:?15 AM To: vwoolf@?lists.?osu.?eduSubject: Re: [Vwoolf] OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:15 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.?? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life. Anne Anne E. Fernald (she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity The Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf fernald at fordham.edu zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt. zoom meeeting room link On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf > wrote: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother? and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... Helen ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' >; 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; 'Sarah M. Hall' > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! All best, Amal _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_vwoolf&d=DwICAg&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=k1OoytuRmrU4MiIwbI-7ElFohPGR5Vr0JxDyMjG9DsI&m=dTkg1K_fxO33ISdOE7mP7hL78lGXagFV8WW5FTagyoc96rFU1d9JLNxOp_NJmH2E&s=en4njlHJ9MQqQ0XgwCrbemAqtd6connmsz2-4dandEs&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 1:08 PM To: sbarkway at btinternet.com ; mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, ? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Stephen Barkway via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:57:44 AM To: mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ?Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via VwoolfSent: 04 May 2023 16:?55To:? ?Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Sent: 04 May 2023 16:55 To: 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:?15 AM To: vwoolf@?lists.?osu.?eduSubject: Re: [Vwoolf] OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:15 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.?? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life. Anne Anne E. Fernald (she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity The Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf fernald at fordham.edu zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt. zoom meeeting room link On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf > wrote: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother? and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... Helen ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' >; 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; 'Sarah M. Hall' > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. 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A deliberately spliced/altered book is one thing.?#yiv3487084145 #yiv3487084145pfptBanner51rfe20 {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;background-color:#CFD3D7 !important;max-width:none !important;max-height:none !important;}#yiv3487084145 .yiv3487084145pfptPrimaryButton51rfe20:hover, #yiv3487084145 .yiv3487084145pfptPrimaryButton51rfe20:focus {background-color:#adb0b4 !important;}#yiv3487084145 .yiv3487084145pfptPrimaryButton51rfe20:active {background-color:#8c8e91 !important;}#yiv3487084145 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I just received the same email Anne did and now have sent an email to the address that was provided to alert the publisher that the error was problematic and that I hoped it could be?fixed. A deliberately spliced/altered book is one thing. A flawed sale promo is a very different thing.? Sigh. Vara Vara Neverow(she/her/hers) Professor, English DepartmentEditor,?Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut?State?University was built on traditional territory?of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac?peoples.?? Recent Publications: Lead editor,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020);?Co-editor,?The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature?(Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina?Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) From: Vwoolf on behalf of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 1:08 PM To: sbarkway at btinternet.com ; mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse?? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven,? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow(she/her/hers)Professor,?English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies ProgramManaging Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany?Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples.From: Vwoolf on behalf of Stephen Barkway via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:57:44 AM To: mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse??Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via VwoolfSent: 04 May 2023 16:?55To:? ?Someone had blundered?. ? Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself??? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Sent: 04 May 2023 16:55 To: 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact?? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:?15 AM To: vwoolf@?lists.?osu.?eduSubject: Re: [Vwoolf] OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:15 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.?? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ? ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins?To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life. ? Anne Anne E. Fernald?(she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity The Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf fernald at fordham.edu ? zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt. zoom meeeting room link ? ? ? ? ? ? On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf wrote: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was Hi again All, ? This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. TheGenius and Ink?essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing.? It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother??and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... ? Helen ? From: Vwoolf on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' ; 'Amal Zaman' ;vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; 'Sarah M. Hall' Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! ? From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' ;vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? I have a "Deluxe" edition ofLady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the wayTo the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition.? ? -Leanna ? Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers ? Membership Co-Coordinator ?International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ?Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities From: Vwoolf on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' ;vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ;mhussey at verizon.net Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ? Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think ? Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. ? Sarah ? ? Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety ? ? ? ? On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote: ? ? I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel'sshort blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! 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URL: From millsj7 at gmail.com Thu May 4 15:47:14 2023 From: millsj7 at gmail.com (Jean Mills) Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 15:47:14 -0400 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> <1107512846.4994693.1683132998975@mail.yahoo.com> <006801d97de6$00e70330$02b50990$@verizon.net> Message-ID: I'm laughing. Not laughing. OMG. On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:17?AM Anne Fernald via Vwoolf < vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the > email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway > said she would buy the flowers herself. ? So begins To the Lighthouse, > Virginia Woolf?s masterful > Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the > email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: > > *?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins To the > Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on > memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life.* > > Anne > > Anne E. Fern > > ald > > (she/her) > Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies > Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development > Coeditor, Modernism/modernity > > *The Norton Critical Edition of *Mrs. Dalloway > > *The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf > * > fernald at fordham.edu > > *zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt.* > > *zoom meeeting room link > * > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf < > vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > >> Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The >> Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different >> cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last >> week by Marie-Claire, was >> Hi again All, >> >> This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The *Genius and Ink* essay >> collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first >> edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, >> was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and >> Bechdel to promote her *Are You My Mother? *and Patricia Lockwood to get >> publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more >> Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a >> hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! >> (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). >> In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily >> look a little too similar perhaps ... >> >> Helen >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Vwoolf on >> behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM >> *To:* 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' ; 'Amal Zaman' < >> amalzaman9 at gmail.com>; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; >> 'Sarah M. Hall' >> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse >> >> Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I >> should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new >> textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save >> me the money that >> >> Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I >> should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new >> textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save >> me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! >> >> >> >> *From:* Leanna Lostoski-Ho >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM >> *To:* 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; >> mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall >> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse >> >> >> >> I have a "Deluxe" edition of *Lady Chatterley's Lover. *As a somewhat >> "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and >> rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" >> edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way *To >> the Lighthouse *features so prominently in her graphic memoir *Are You >> My Mother?*, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. >> >> >> >> -Leanna >> >> >> >> *Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D.* >> >> Department of English >> >> University of New Hampshire >> >> she/her/hers >> >> >> >> Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society >> >> >> Editorial Assistant ? *Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental >> Humanities >> * >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Vwoolf on behalf of Sarah M. Hall >> via Vwoolf >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM >> *To:* 'Amal Zaman' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu < >> vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>; mhussey at verizon.net >> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse >> >> >> >> *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the University System. >> Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and >> know the content is safe. >> >> >> >> Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps .. . er, that's it, I >> think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), >> without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. >> SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, >> >> *Deluxe:* >> >> larger than usual Penguin pb >> >> jacket flaps >> >> ... er, that's it, I think >> >> >> >> Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), >> without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. >> >> >> >> Sarah >> >> >> >> >> >> Sarah M. Hall >> Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB >> Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk >> >> Facebook: @VWSGB >> Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB >> Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf < >> vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? >> (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been >> asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf >> >> >> I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? >> (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been >> asked to write the intro, too!) >> >> >> >> *From:* Vwoolf *On >> Behalf Of *Amal Zaman via Vwoolf >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM >> *To:* Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >> *Subject:* [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse >> >> >> >> Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed >> and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's >> short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought >> Bechdel >> >> Dear all, >> >> Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got >> excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short >> blog >> >> on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel >> had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! >> >> All best, >> Amal >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Vwoolf mailing list >> Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Vwoolf mailing list >> Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_vwoolf&d=DwICAg&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=k1OoytuRmrU4MiIwbI-7ElFohPGR5Vr0JxDyMjG9DsI&m=dTkg1K_fxO33ISdOE7mP7hL78lGXagFV8WW5FTagyoc96rFU1d9JLNxOp_NJmH2E&s=en4njlHJ9MQqQ0XgwCrbemAqtd6connmsz2-4dandEs&e= >> > _______________________________________________ > Vwoolf mailing list > Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf > -- Jean Mills (she, her, hers) Associate Professor & Chair The Department of English John Jay College/CUNY 524 West 59th Street, Room 7.63.03 New York, NY 10019 Selected Publications: "Feminist Theory" in *The Oxford Handbook of Virginia Woolf*, ed. by Anne Fernald, Oxford University Press, 2021. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198811589.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198811589__;!!KGKeukY!yBCbdmkpvOPhXYqiVh81XdATqMlEkVJCc7JkMPhlLO04grt--7-ZO7DY1U6CdOp9QPgkOqcFNnDOSI4tVYA$ *Nancy Cunard: Perfect Stranger *by Jane Marcus; Edited and with an Introduction and Afterword by Jean Mills. 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URL: From neverowv1 at southernct.edu Fri May 5 15:24:55 2023 From: neverowv1 at southernct.edu (Neverow, Vara S.) Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 19:24:55 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse In-Reply-To: <75264289.2277850.1683225656871@mail.yahoo.com> References: <006101d97dda$0446c670$0cd45350$@verizon.net> <1107512846.4994693.1683132998975@mail.yahoo.com> <006801d97de6$00e70330$02b50990$@verizon.net> <002901d97ea0$c1282100$43786300$@verizon.net> <04d301d97ea1$2a8b7fc0$7fa27f40$@btinternet.com> <75264289.2277850.1683225656871@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: So, reporting back, I did hear from the person who promotes the sales. There was an apology (though no promise of a correction to the spliced novels) and there was also the reminder that, as an academic, I could request the book, so I did (the print version can be requested in the box at the bottom of the request). I'm on the alert for another iteration! A promotional quotation from the next publisher might lead to a newly spliced novel/biography like The Years at the Lighthouse or Orlando's Lighthouse or Between the Waves at the Lighthouse or Flush: The Lighthouse Guard Dog.... Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) ________________________________ From: Judith Frank Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 2:40 PM To: Neverow, Vara S. ; sbarkway at btinternet.com ; mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse You don't often get email from jmfrank265 at yahoo.com. Learn why this is important Got it. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, May 4, 2023, 1:47 PM, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf wrote: I just received the same email Anne did and now have sent an email to the address that was provided to alert the publisher that the error was problematic and that I hoped it could be fixed. A deliberately spliced/altered book is one thing.? I just received the same email Anne did and now have sent an email to the address that was provided to alert the publisher that the error was problematic and that I hoped it could be fixed. A deliberately spliced/altered book is one thing. A flawed sale promo is a very different thing. Sigh. Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 1:08 PM To: sbarkway at btinternet.com ; mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, ? And what if the child was actually a confused chatbot? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Stephen Barkway via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:57:44 AM To: mhussey at verizon.net ; 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse ?Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via VwoolfSent: 04 May 2023 16:?55To:? ?Someone had blundered?. Shouldn?t it be: ?Mrs Ramsay said she would knit the stocking herself?? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf Sent: 04 May 2023 16:55 To: 'Anne Fernald' ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:?15 AM To: vwoolf@?lists.?osu.?eduSubject: Re: [Vwoolf] OMG: the internet will soon make this an alternative ?fact? ? From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Anne Fernald via Vwoolf Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:15 AM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.?? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful Oh, the poor child in marketing at Penguin who committed this error in the email offering me digital access to the Bechdel edition: ?Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.? So begins To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf?s masterful and highly relevant meditation on memory, grief, the brutalities of war, and the tensions of domestic life. Anne Anne E. Fernald (she/her) Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development Coeditor, Modernism/modernity The Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway The Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf fernald at fordham.edu zoom office hours, Monday 1-3:30 & by appt. zoom meeeting room link On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:07?PM Helen Southworth via Vwoolf > wrote: Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was Hi again All, This is, of course, a strategy to sell more books. The Genius and Ink essay collection, with what looked to me like a different cover from the first edition of this recent collection, flagged here last week by Marie-Claire, was essentially the same thing. It allows Penguin to sell more Woolf and Bechdel to promote her Are You My Mother? and Patricia Lockwood to get publicity which, as a poet, must be complicated. And if it brings more Woolfians to the table (and those who appreciate the tactile quality of a hard copy), as Leanna's response suggests it might, let's all applaud! (Although I am sympathetic to those who were expecting an original work). In terms of Bechdel's interpretation of the novel, Mrs Ramsay and Lily look a little too similar perhaps ... Helen ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:37 AM To: 'Leanna Lostoski-Ho' >; 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; 'Sarah M. Hall' > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that Thanks for all this info, everyone (& apologies for saying Intro when I should have looked more carefully and seen Lockwood?s Foreword is the new textual element). The cover looks fun, but I think a screenshot will save me the money that can be spent on an actually ?new? book! From: Leanna Lostoski-Ho > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:28 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; mhussey at verizon.net; Sarah M. Hall > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse I have a "Deluxe" edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. As a somewhat "youth," the comic strip element is intriguing, and the cover material and rough pages make for a nice tactile reading experience (maybe a "luxe" edition is more apt). And as someone who loves Bechdel and the way To the Lighthouse features so prominently in her graphic memoir Are You My Mother?, ...I'm very tempted to purchase this edition. -Leanna Leanna Lostoski-Ho, Ph.D. Department of English University of New Hampshire she/her/hers Membership Co-Coordinator ? International Virginia Woolf Society Editorial Assistant ? Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities ________________________________ From: Vwoolf > on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM To: 'Amal Zaman' >; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu >; mhussey at verizon.net > Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ..?. er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. SarahSarah M. HallExecutive Council, Deluxe: larger than usual Penguin pb jacket flaps ... er, that's it, I think Hope the cover appeals to 'the Youth' (do you say that in the US?), without instigating feelings of disappointment similar to Amal's. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 17:13:01 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf > wrote: I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf I see it is described as a ?deluxe edition??what does that actually mean? (Just had to look up Patricia Lockwood to find out why she might have been asked to write the intro, too!) From: Vwoolf > On Behalf Of Amal Zaman via Vwoolf Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:40 AM To: Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Alison Bechdel Edition of To The Lighthouse Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel Dear all, Just saw the new edition of TTL is out today on my twitter feed and got excited again by the Bechdel cover illustrations--Here's Bechdel's short blog on her decisions. My brain tricked me for a second and I thought Bechdel had created an entire graphic novel out of the text! 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Hall) Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 18:57:45 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Vwoolf] another Mrs d edition In-Reply-To: <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$@verizon.net> References: <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$.ref@verizon.net> <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$@verizon.net> Message-ID: <800305126.673761.1683485865442@mail.yahoo.com> Interesting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on Amazon. Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut Creek, FL; the text is based on the first American edition). There's a 'Look inside' on Amazon; the imprint page doesn't inspire confidence, saying as it does: 'Fist Printing: 2022'. I think it's a school edition. This is the blurb: Mrs. Dalloway is a gripping story of a woman's journey of self-discovery in post-war England. It follows Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy, upper-class woman in London, as she navigates a rapidly changing world and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. The novel is filled with vivid descriptions of characters, places, and moments and captures the intricacies of life in London after the war. Mrs. Dalloway is an experimental novel in which the narrative is not divided into chapters. Instead, the story is told in a continuous stream of consciousness, allowing the reader to experience the characters and settings as if they were directly present. Woolf's use of this technique creates a powerful and emotionally engaging reading experience, as the reader is able to follow the characters' thoughts, feelings, and motivations from moment to moment. It follows Clarissa as she reflects on her life and her relationships with the people around her, exploring themes of memory, identity, and the meaning of life. The novel is written in an innovative, stream-of-consciousness style that gives readers an intimate look at Clarissa's thoughts and feelings. It has been praised for its vivid imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that remain relevant today. Mrs. Dalloway is a timeless classic that speaks to the human experience of trying to find meaning and purpose in life. It is a story of love, loss, and the beauty of life. This Legacy Classics Annotated Edition includes: ??? The 1925 first American edition text, introduced and annotated by Mara Lucas ??? Analysis of Common Themes ??? Historical Context ??? Character Exploration ??? Author Biography The introductory material is written in the same simplistic fashion. 'About the Author' alternative facts: VW was educated at the Royal College of Music, and AROO was about mental illness. Wonder no longer about the exact day the novel was set (if any); this editor states categorically that it's 15 June. The book is very cheap: ?6.99 sterling, suggesting it's priced for schools. The UK Amazon page is https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Dalloway-Legacy-Classics-Annotated/dp/B0BR985Z74__;!!KGKeukY!1N18Py-nwMUaN5H5fJvJ4jT2wtxQlPPjyjB8GuYfYnS3c1eG2B7I1LyFK94glUxH8sf_rYp8pgzIBjVfRYz2IRUk$ You can read about Mara Lucas here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0B3LWCJNY/about__;!!KGKeukY!1N18Py-nwMUaN5H5fJvJ4jT2wtxQlPPjyjB8GuYfYnS3c1eG2B7I1LyFK94glUxH8sf_rYp8pgzIBjVfRaeFZsij$ I'll leave TTL for someone else. I can't hog all the good stuff. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive CouncilVirginia Woolf Society of GBWeb: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Sunday, 7 May 2023 at 17:39:19 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote: Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, the relentless "clusters of three" bombard the reader ("characters, places, and moments," "thoughts, feelings, and motivations from moment to moment," "vivid imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that remain relevant today" [but relevant how?], and, of course, the essential satisfying closure: "a story of love, loss, and the beauty of life"). Thank you, Sarah, for providing such a hilarious overview from the horrifying typo ?fist? onward! I think a chatbot wrote it. ? Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 2:57 PM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; mhussey at verizon.net Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] another Mrs d edition Interesting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on Amazon. Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut Creek, FL; the text is based on the Interesting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on Amazon. Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut Creek, FL; the text is based on the first American edition). There's a 'Look inside' on Amazon; the imprint page doesn't inspire confidence, saying as it does: 'Fist Printing: 2022'. I think it's a school edition. This is the blurb: Mrs. Dalloway is a gripping story of a woman's journey of self-discovery in post-war England. It follows Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy, upper-class woman in London, as she navigates a rapidly changing world and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. The novel is filled with vivid descriptions of characters, places, and moments and captures the intricacies of life in London after the war. Mrs. Dalloway is an experimental novel in which the narrative is not divided into chapters. Instead, the story is told in a continuous stream of consciousness, allowing the reader to experience the characters and settings as if they were directly present. Woolf's use of this technique creates a powerful and emotionally engaging reading experience, as the reader is able to follow the characters' thoughts, feelings, and motivations from moment to moment. It follows Clarissa as she reflects on her life and her relationships with the people around her, exploring themes of memory, identity, and the meaning of life. The novel is written in an innovative, stream-of-consciousness style that gives readers an intimate look at Clarissa's thoughts and feelings. It has been praised for its vivid imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that remain relevant today. Mrs. Dalloway is a timeless classic that speaks to the human experience of trying to find meaning and purpose in life. It is a story of love, loss, and the beauty of life. This Legacy Classics Annotated Edition includes: The 1925 first American edition text, introduced and annotated by Mara Lucas Analysis of Common Themes Historical Context Character Exploration Author Biography The introductory material is written in the same simplistic fashion. 'About the Author' alternative facts: VW was educated at the Royal College of Music, and AROO was about mental illness. Wonder no longer about the exact day the novel was set (if any); this editor states categorically that it's 15 June. The book is very cheap: ?6.99 sterling, suggesting it's priced for schools. The UK Amazon page is https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Dalloway-Legacy-Classics-Annotated/dp/B0BR985Z74__;!!KGKeukY!1yjbbOwFEsuQ2S85kJrTsUvbZ5py0EAHIdmCl6LkyuVLWHuQCRScoAgJDlIMEPXFyjc4PK5OOg8XgdIyuM7o1GuDev-u$ You can read about Mara Lucas here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0B3LWCJNY/about__;!!KGKeukY!1yjbbOwFEsuQ2S85kJrTsUvbZ5py0EAHIdmCl6LkyuVLWHuQCRScoAgJDlIMEPXFyjc4PK5OOg8XgdIyuM7o1LvqeYUq$ I'll leave TTL for someone else. I can't hog all the good stuff. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive Council Virginia Woolf Society of GB Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Sunday, 7 May 2023 at 17:39:19 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote: Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anne.byrne at universityofgalway.ie Sun May 7 06:25:20 2023 From: anne.byrne at universityofgalway.ie (Byrne, Anne (Soc & Pol)) Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 10:25:20 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Travel to Monk's House for First Time -- Any Tips? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Adela Your message reminded me that it?s been a decade and more since I first saw Monk?s House in the village of Rodmell in Sussex, in early Spring. Initially I visited as a curious Woolfian then stayed awhile as a National Trust volunteer. The Trust manage the property and timed visits as you probably know from their website. If it is still available, a copy of the Trust?s ?Virginia Woolf and Monk?s House? (1998) is an introductory guide for the visitor in addition to the stories and readings of happy volunteers. A full day is needed to explore the villages of Lewes and Rodmell, to walk slowly along the water meadows and banks of the river Ouse from Lewes, to visit Monk?s House green painted sitting room, Woolf?s bedroom, the kitchen and dining room, the glass paned greenhouse, to look at the art works and furnishings, to peer through the windows into Virginia?s writing room, ?The Lodge?, while walking around the gardens bursting with colourful blooms, fruits, vegetables, trees, a pond and graced by sculptures of Leonard (by Charlotte Hewer) and Virginia (by Stephen Tomlin). The Sussex home of Virginia and Leonard, now a house museum, continues to animate and inspire writers, artists, cooks, gardeners and accidental visitors. Woolf writes about Rodmell, Monk?s House and trips around Sussex in her diaries and letters and it features in scholarly articles (including the Virginia Woolf Miscellany and Virginia Woolf Bulletin) and in many beautiful books by Woolfians, who might recommend their own favourite books about Monk?s House and other Bloomsbury residences to you. Woolf?s diary entry of July 3 1919 recalls the tense auction and their happy purchase of Monk?s House. A photograph by Stephen Barkway of the wooded village of Rodmell is the upper wrapper of Issue 68 of the Bulletin, 2021. Sarah Bird Wright (1998, 2001) wrote of her time there, ?Staying at Monk?s House?, published by the marvellous Bloomsbury Heritage Series (Cecil Woolf Publishers). In the local church I purchased a few illustrated pamphlets from Rodmell publications - two of my favourites are ?The Rodmell Sundial? by Madeleine and John Harvey (2006) and ?Rodmell in the Second World War? by Peter Ediss (2002). The latter has a paragraph on the Woolfs and the cover illustration is a wood engraving of low flying planes by Diana Gardener (1940). These and other publications about Rodmell may or may not be still available from the wardens at St Peter?s Churchyard. I travelled from Brighton to Lewes by train with my bike and then cycled to Rodmell. It was my only way of getting there. Later I Iearned from her diary that Virginia cycled from Lewes on her first visit to see the property. There was an off road push the bike/ walking track though fields from Lewes to Rodmell, if you are feeling adventurous, as the road itself was very busy with traffic to walk safely. Charleston and Bewick Church are within bus/ driving distance of Rodmell and also accessible by walking across the magnificent Downs. Maybe a two day visit if you have the time? Apologies for the long reply but your query provoked these random and perhaps not very useful to you reminiscences. In reading about and visiting the Woolfs? home, there is much to be felt, explored and discovered. I hope you have a lovely visit. Kind regards Anne Emerita Professor of Political Science and Sociology An tOllamh Emerita, Eola?ocht Pholaiti?il agus Socheola?ocht School of Political Science and Sociology, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, University of Galway. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Adela Hurtado via Vwoolf Sent: 29 April 2023 20:19 To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Travel to Monk's House for First Time -- Any Tips? EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email originated outside the University of Galway. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you believe the content is safe. R?OMHPHOST SEACHTRACH: N?or th?inig an r?omhphost seo ? Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. N? hoscail ceangalt?in agus n? clice?il ar naisc mura gcreideann t? go bhfuil an t-?bhar s?bh?ilte. Hi everyone! :) Hope you?re well! I?m going to England for the first time in a long time towards the end of July, staying in London. This time I?d love to go to Monk?s House. Any advice on how to get there, Monk?s house tips, Woolf tips in general, etc.? (Woolf restaurants to visit?) I?m so excited to go! Thank you! :) Adela Hurtado _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhussey at verizon.net Sun May 7 16:14:44 2023 From: mhussey at verizon.net (Mark Hussey) Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 20:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Vwoolf] another Mrs d edition In-Reply-To: References: <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$.ref@verizon.net> <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$@verizon.net> <800305126.673761.1683485865442@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1393360813.5274356.1683490484324@mail.yahoo.com> And yet, there it is, cheap, available, and full of nonsense! Thanks for the information. On Sunday, May 7, 2023, 12:32:40 PM PDT, Neverow, Vara S. wrote: Oh my!? ? ? If one were to remove "Mrs. Dalloway" and insert the title of another novel about a well-to-do woman in London in a "post-war" era not much would change. The paucity of any specificity is just truly awesome?and so is the repetition.?The reader is reminded twice that stream of consciousness is the technique in the novel and that "moments" are so critically important that they should also be mentioned not once, not twice, but thrice!?Also, the relentless "clusters of three" bombard the reader ("characters, places, and moments," "thoughts, feelings, and motivations from moment to moment," "vivid imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that remain relevant today" [but relevant how?], and, of course, the essential satisfying closure: "a story of love, loss, and the beauty of life"). ? ? Thank you, Sarah, for providing such a hilarious overview from the horrifying typo ?fist? onward! ? ? I think a chatbot wrote it.? ? ? Vara Vara Neverow(she/her/hers) Professor, English DepartmentEditor,?Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut?State?University was built on traditional territory?of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac?peoples.?? Recent Publications: Lead editor,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020);?Co-editor,?The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature?(Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina?Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) From: Vwoolf on behalf of Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 2:57 PM To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; mhussey at verizon.net Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] another Mrs d edition?Interesting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on Amazon. Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut Creek, FL; the text is based on theInteresting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on Amazon. Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut Creek, FL; the text is based on the first American edition). There's a 'Look inside' on Amazon; the imprint page doesn't inspire confidence, saying as it does: 'Fist Printing: 2022'. I think it's a school edition. This is the blurb: Mrs. Dalloway is a gripping story of a woman's journey of self-discovery in post-war England. It follows Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy, upper-class woman in London, as she navigates a rapidly changing world and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. The novel is filled with vivid descriptions of characters, places, and moments and captures the intricacies of life in London after the war. Mrs. Dalloway is an experimental novel in which the narrative is not divided into chapters. Instead, the story is told in a continuous stream of consciousness, allowing the reader to experience the characters and settings as if they were directly present. Woolf's use of this technique creates a powerful and emotionally engaging reading experience, as the reader is able to follow the characters' thoughts, feelings, and motivations from moment to moment. It follows Clarissa as she reflects on her life and her relationships with the people around her, exploring themes of memory, identity, and the meaning of life. The novel is written in an innovative, stream-of-consciousness style that gives readers an intimate look at Clarissa's thoughts and feelings. It has been praised for its vivid imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that remain relevant today. Mrs. Dalloway is a timeless classic that speaks to the human experience of trying to find meaning and purpose in life. It is a story of love, loss, and the beauty of life. This Legacy Classics Annotated Edition includes: ??? The 1925 first American edition text, introduced and annotated by Mara Lucas ??? Analysis of Common Themes ??? Historical Context ??? Character Exploration ??? Author Biography The introductory material is written in the same simplistic fashion. 'About the Author' alternative facts: VW was educated at the Royal College of Music, and AROO was about mental illness. Wonder no longer about the exact day the novel was set (if any); this editor states categorically that it's 15 June.The book is very cheap: ?6.99 sterling, suggesting it's priced for schools. The UK Amazon page is https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Dalloway-Legacy-Classics-Annotated/dp/B0BR985Z74__;!!KGKeukY!38g6DLKdlaR3GtuawPYH5oQmZg9fnoJS1p-2xY2dHoxPzpPm49jr4dYy30X2EhKGST8Xy3OYGjsV-XD6cGijhQ$ You can read about Mara Lucas here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0B3LWCJNY/about__;!!KGKeukY!38g6DLKdlaR3GtuawPYH5oQmZg9fnoJS1p-2xY2dHoxPzpPm49jr4dYy30X2EhKGST8Xy3OYGjsV-XD4i_xYvA$ I'll leave TTL for someone else. I can't hog all the good stuff. Sarah Sarah M. Hall Executive CouncilVirginia Woolf Society of GBWeb: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk Facebook: @VWSGB Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety On Sunday, 7 May 2023 at 17:39:19 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote: Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neverowv1 at southernct.edu Mon May 8 09:24:28 2023 From: neverowv1 at southernct.edu (Neverow, Vara S.) Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 13:24:28 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Travel to Monk's House for First Time -- Any Tips? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Adela, Responding just to you. I concur with Anne Byrne on all points and especially regarding walking to Rodmell from Lewes. Don't do that! I did it?in the pouring rain on a chilly summer day walking through tall weeds and getting splashed by speeding vehicles. A bus ride or a taxi would be far better if the weather is iffy. (Though the bike ride sounds lovely if the day itself is lovely.) I hope it's a delightful adventure. Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Byrne, Anne (Soc & Pol) via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 6:25:20 AM To: Adela Hurtado via Vwoolf ; Adela Hurtado Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Travel to Monk's House for First Time -- Any Tips? Dear Adela Your message reminded me that it?s been a decade and more since I first saw Monk?s House in the village of Rodmell in Sussex, in early Spring. Initially I visited as a curious Woolfian then stayed awhile as a National Trust volunteer.? Dear Adela Your message reminded me that it?s been a decade and more since I first saw Monk?s House in the village of Rodmell in Sussex, in early Spring. Initially I visited as a curious Woolfian then stayed awhile as a National Trust volunteer. The Trust manage the property and timed visits as you probably know from their website. If it is still available, a copy of the Trust?s ?Virginia Woolf and Monk?s House? (1998) is an introductory guide for the visitor in addition to the stories and readings of happy volunteers. A full day is needed to explore the villages of Lewes and Rodmell, to walk slowly along the water meadows and banks of the river Ouse from Lewes, to visit Monk?s House green painted sitting room, Woolf?s bedroom, the kitchen and dining room, the glass paned greenhouse, to look at the art works and furnishings, to peer through the windows into Virginia?s writing room, ?The Lodge?, while walking around the gardens bursting with colourful blooms, fruits, vegetables, trees, a pond and graced by sculptures of Leonard (by Charlotte Hewer) and Virginia (by Stephen Tomlin). The Sussex home of Virginia and Leonard, now a house museum, continues to animate and inspire writers, artists, cooks, gardeners and accidental visitors. Woolf writes about Rodmell, Monk?s House and trips around Sussex in her diaries and letters and it features in scholarly articles (including the Virginia Woolf Miscellany and Virginia Woolf Bulletin) and in many beautiful books by Woolfians, who might recommend their own favourite books about Monk?s House and other Bloomsbury residences to you. Woolf?s diary entry of July 3 1919 recalls the tense auction and their happy purchase of Monk?s House. A photograph by Stephen Barkway of the wooded village of Rodmell is the upper wrapper of Issue 68 of the Bulletin, 2021. Sarah Bird Wright (1998, 2001) wrote of her time there, ?Staying at Monk?s House?, published by the marvellous Bloomsbury Heritage Series (Cecil Woolf Publishers). In the local church I purchased a few illustrated pamphlets from Rodmell publications - two of my favourites are ?The Rodmell Sundial? by Madeleine and John Harvey (2006) and ?Rodmell in the Second World War? by Peter Ediss (2002). The latter has a paragraph on the Woolfs and the cover illustration is a wood engraving of low flying planes by Diana Gardener (1940). These and other publications about Rodmell may or may not be still available from the wardens at St Peter?s Churchyard. I travelled from Brighton to Lewes by train with my bike and then cycled to Rodmell. It was my only way of getting there. Later I Iearned from her diary that Virginia cycled from Lewes on her first visit to see the property. There was an off road push the bike/ walking track though fields from Lewes to Rodmell, if you are feeling adventurous, as the road itself was very busy with traffic to walk safely. Charleston and Bewick Church are within bus/ driving distance of Rodmell and also accessible by walking across the magnificent Downs. Maybe a two day visit if you have the time? Apologies for the long reply but your query provoked these random and perhaps not very useful to you reminiscences. In reading about and visiting the Woolfs? home, there is much to be felt, explored and discovered. I hope you have a lovely visit. Kind regards Anne Emerita Professor of Political Science and Sociology An tOllamh Emerita, Eola?ocht Pholaiti?il agus Socheola?ocht School of Political Science and Sociology, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, University of Galway. ________________________________ From: Vwoolf on behalf of Adela Hurtado via Vwoolf Sent: 29 April 2023 20:19 To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu Subject: [Vwoolf] Travel to Monk's House for First Time -- Any Tips? EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email originated outside the University of Galway. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you believe the content is safe. R?OMHPHOST SEACHTRACH: N?or th?inig an r?omhphost seo ? Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. N? hoscail ceangalt?in agus n? clice?il ar naisc mura gcreideann t? go bhfuil an t-?bhar s?bh?ilte. Hi everyone! :) Hope you?re well! I?m going to England for the first time in a long time towards the end of July, staying in London. This time I?d love to go to Monk?s House. Any advice on how to get there, Monk?s house tips, Woolf tips in general, etc.? (Woolf restaurants to visit?) I?m so excited to go! Thank you! :) Adela Hurtado _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From salomarb at wfu.edu Mon May 8 15:52:39 2023 From: salomarb at wfu.edu (Saloman, Randi) Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 15:52:39 -0400 Subject: [Vwoolf] another Mrs d edition In-Reply-To: <1393360813.5274356.1683490484324@mail.yahoo.com> References: <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$.ref@verizon.net> <000701d98102$6c357260$44a05720$@verizon.net> <800305126.673761.1683485865442@mail.yahoo.com> <1393360813.5274356.1683490484324@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Or maybe this is an impressionistic Mrs Dalloway on a whole new level: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://vimeo.com/192599377__;!!KGKeukY!wXnIIajgtMeJNR7eNQ2SminWKw_QU7lJC7KpVEaFzAwQltC5YiM66RQbQB_o3CJ_P629JYyZfTZpcdtPH8l9UA$ Randi Saloman Associate Teaching Professor, Department of English Wake Forest University P.O. Box 7837 Winston-Salem, 27109 Editor, Arnold Bennett Society Newsletter 336?758?4942 Author of Virginia Woolf's Essayism (Edinburgh UP) & Editor, The Grand Babylon Hotel (Broadview Press) On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:15?PM Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote: > And yet, there it is, cheap, available, and full of nonsense! Thanks for > the information. On Sunday, May 7, 2023, 12: 32: 40 PM PDT, Neverow, Vara > S. wrote: Oh my! If one were to remove "Mrs. > Dalloway" and insert > And yet, there it is, cheap, available, and full of nonsense! Thanks for > the information. > > On Sunday, May 7, 2023, 12:32:40 PM PDT, Neverow, Vara S. < > neverowv1 at southernct.edu> wrote: > > > Oh my! > > > > If one were to remove "*Mrs. Dalloway*" and insert the title of another > novel about a well-to-do woman in London in a "post-war" era not much would > change. The paucity of any specificity is just truly awesome?and so is the > repetition. The reader is reminded twice that stream of consciousness is > the technique in the novel and that "moments" are so critically important > that they should also be mentioned not once, not twice, but thrice! Also, the > relentless "clusters of three" bombard the reader ("characters, places, > and moments," "thoughts, feelings, and motivations from moment to moment," > "vivid imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that > remain relevant today" [but relevant how?], and, of course, the essential > satisfying closure: "a story of love, loss, and the beauty of life"). > > > > Thank you, Sarah, for providing such a hilarious overview from the > horrifying typo ?fist? onward! > > > > I think a chatbot wrote it. > > ? > Vara > > Vara Neverow > (she/her/hers) > Professor, English Department > Editor, *Virginia Woolf Miscellany* > Southern Connecticut State University > New Haven, CT 06515 > 203-392-6717 > neverowv1 at southernct.edu > > *I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on > traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the > Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. * > > > *Recent Publications:* > > Lead editor, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources *(Bloomsbury, > 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume > One, 1975-1984, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources* (Bloomsbury, > 2020); Co-editor, *The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and > Contemporary Global Literature* (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, > Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Vwoolf on behalf of Sarah M. Hall > via Vwoolf > *Sent:* Sunday, May 7, 2023 2:57 PM > *To:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu ; mhussey at verizon.net < > mhussey at verizon.net> > *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] another Mrs d edition > > Interesting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on > Amazon. Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN > 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut > Creek, FL; the text is based on the > Interesting question, Mark. My first reaction was No, but there it is on > Amazon. > > Amazon (UK) has the pub date as 28 Dec 2022, ISBN 979-8-9864196-3-3, pub. > Little Griffin Press (apparently based in Coconut Creek, FL; the text is > based on the first American edition). There's a 'Look inside' on Amazon; > the imprint page doesn't inspire confidence, saying as it does: 'Fist > Printing: 2022'. > > I think it's a school edition. This is the blurb: > > Mrs. Dalloway is a gripping story of a woman's journey of self-discovery > in post-war England. It follows Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy, upper-class > woman in London, as she navigates a rapidly changing world and embarks on a > journey of self-discovery. The novel is filled with vivid descriptions of > characters, places, and moments and captures the intricacies of life in > London after the war. > > Mrs. Dalloway is an experimental novel in which the narrative is not > divided into chapters. Instead, the story is told in a continuous stream of > consciousness, allowing the reader to experience the characters and > settings as if they were directly present. Woolf's use of this technique > creates a powerful and emotionally engaging reading experience, as the > reader is able to follow the characters' thoughts, feelings, and > motivations from moment to moment. > > It follows Clarissa as she reflects on her life and her relationships with > the people around her, exploring themes of memory, identity, and the > meaning of life. The novel is written in an innovative, > stream-of-consciousness style that gives readers an intimate look at > Clarissa's thoughts and feelings. It has been praised for its vivid > imagery, complex characters, and its exploration of themes that remain > relevant today. > > Mrs. Dalloway is a timeless classic that speaks to the human experience of > trying to find meaning and purpose in life. It is a story of love, loss, > and the beauty of life. > > This Legacy Classics Annotated Edition includes: > > The 1925 first American edition text, introduced and annotated by Mara > Lucas > Analysis of Common Themes > Historical Context > Character Exploration > Author Biography > > > The introductory material is written in the same simplistic fashion. > 'About the Author' alternative facts: VW was educated at the Royal College > of Music, and AROO was about mental illness. Wonder no longer about the > exact day the novel was set (if any); this editor states categorically that > it's 15 June. The book is very cheap: ?6.99 sterling, suggesting it's > priced for schools. > > The UK Amazon page is > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Dalloway-Legacy-Classics-Annotated/dp/B0BR985Z74__;!!KGKeukY!wXnIIajgtMeJNR7eNQ2SminWKw_QU7lJC7KpVEaFzAwQltC5YiM66RQbQB_o3CJ_P629JYyZfTZpcdtiR9KrIA$ > > > You can read about Mara Lucas here: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0B3LWCJNY/about__;!!KGKeukY!wXnIIajgtMeJNR7eNQ2SminWKw_QU7lJC7KpVEaFzAwQltC5YiM66RQbQB_o3CJ_P629JYyZfTZpcdttEV8nqg$ > > > I'll leave TTL for someone else. I can't hog all the good stuff. > > Sarah > > Sarah M. Hall > Executive Council > Virginia Woolf Society of GB > Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk > Facebook: @VWSGB > Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB > Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety > > > > > On Sunday, 7 May 2023 at 17:39:19 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf < > vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara > Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > > Does anyone know much about a ?Legacy Edition? of Mrs D annotated by Mara > Lucas (who seems to have a similar ed of TtL)? > _______________________________________________ > Vwoolf mailing list > Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf > _______________________________________________ > Vwoolf mailing list > Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Anastasia On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 12:25?PM Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf < vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > So, reporting back, I did hear from the person who promotes the sales. > There was an apology (though no promise of a correction to the spliced > novels) and there was also the reminder that, as an academic, I could > request the book, so I did (the > So, reporting back, I did hear from the person who promotes the sales. > There was an apology (though no promise of a correction to the spliced > novels) and there was also the reminder that, as an academic, I could > request the book, so I did (the print version can be requested in the box > at the bottom of the request). > > I'm on the alert for another iteration! A promotional quotation from the > next publisher might lead to a newly spliced novel/biography like *The > Years at the Lighthouse *or *Orlando's Lighthouse *or *Between the Waves > at the Lighthouse *or *Flush: The Lighthouse Guard Dog*.... > > Vara > > Vara Neverow > (she/her/hers) > Professor, English Department > Editor, *Virginia Woolf Miscellany* > Southern Connecticut State University > New Haven, CT 06515 > 203-392-6717 > neverowv1 at southernct.edu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Benjamin.Hagen at usd.edu Thu May 11 11:10:25 2023 From: Benjamin.Hagen at usd.edu (Hagen, Benjamin D) Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 15:10:25 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Podcast on "The Death of the Moth" Message-ID: Dear all, Jessica Swoboda sent along the following news?The Point magazine just released the latest episode of its podcast "Selected Essays," which features Anne Fadiman discussing Virginia Woolf's "The Death of the Moth." Linked here. Check it out! Jess has been doing some fantastic work over at The Point?including a series of interviews titled ?Criticism in Public.? See the full list of her contributions here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thepointmag.com/author/jswoboda/__;!!KGKeukY!0cgsaf0kzyDbAwjIo4cEXyrwH7cx7ml9JG8UQCOW5dtt9LC9bDhwdPwXDEyeLS0b7CpjiwdswC_OC-i4Hq3QSY6CVNv_9w$ . All best, Ben ? Benjamin D. Hagen, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Associate Professor | Dept of English University of South Dakota | Dakota Hall 204 ? I acknowledge that the University of South Dakota is on indigenous territory. This land is the traditional territory of Dakota, Lakota, Umonhon, Ponca, Otoe, and Ioway nations. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neverowv1 at southernct.edu Sun May 14 14:19:51 2023 From: neverowv1 at southernct.edu (Neverow, Vara S.) Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 18:19:51 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her Message-ID: Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception of Woolf in Great Britain after her death in some respects (note: there are two iterations of the review?the first one, titled "Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris," was published online on 1 April 2023 and has more illustrations: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/books/picasso-the-foreigner-annie-cohen-solal.html__;!!KGKeukY!3aaCpAit6nuA5W2CQFWAk6j9lTVrzlpLQu86_WUM8azsOC7GP7hd3MvgL5vueej-6AMNcn3_q8L1GvcG4jzCZ3zLHrZV$ ). The review is very interesting and well worth reading (I do hope the link is function) and so seems the book itself in which Picasso's life as an outsider in France is detailed. The rejection of Picasso's artwork in France, cast aside by the "tradition-minded French cultural establishment" (as per Cotter), echoes the marginalization of Woolf's work (despite Leonard Woolf's attempts to keep Virginia's work visible and viable and, after Leonard's death, Quentin Bell's own continuing efforts to write a biography, however contested, and also maintain Virginia's literary status by publishing her letters and diaries). Outright rejection and neglect are closely related in terms of marginalizing artists and writers. With regard to reception, one can relish in retrospect how extremely embarrassing it is that the Louvre rejected Picasso's offer of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), which the Museum of Modern Art in New York happily acquired in 1939 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moma.org/research/conservation/demoiselles/history.html__;!!KGKeukY!3aaCpAit6nuA5W2CQFWAk6j9lTVrzlpLQu86_WUM8azsOC7GP7hd3MvgL5vueej-6AMNcn3_q8L1GvcG4jzCZ-1ZdBC9$ ). It was the New York Public Library that acquired Woolf's archival work. As Mark Hussey highlights in his essay "Virginia Woolf in America" (A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections, 2009), Leonard Woolf believed that Virginia was not going to be recognized or respected in her home country and wrote in a letter to his brother that, "if the MSS went to Cambridge or Oxford, they would be stuffed away somewhere and no one would ever look at them again except that one would be shown from time to time to the public under a glass case." Mark continues: "Thus the bulk of Woolf's archive found its way to the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library" (49). (The first wave of archival materials was acquired in 1958; the New York Times refers to this early acquisition in article on William Beekman's amazing artifacts that were purchased for the Berg Collection in 2019: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/virginia-woolf-nypl.html__;!!KGKeukY!3aaCpAit6nuA5W2CQFWAk6j9lTVrzlpLQu86_WUM8azsOC7GP7hd3MvgL5vueej-6AMNcn3_q8L1GvcG4jzCZ5_HBzsF$ ; the recent Berg exhibition included many of these materials). Of course, Picasso was truly a foreigner in France while Woolf was, after her own death, neglected in her own country for a significantly long period of time (of course, Brenda Silver's 1999 Virginia Woolf Icon is of particular value in tracing Woolf's emergence as a global pop star). Much more could be said.... Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stansky at stanford.edu Sun May 14 17:23:05 2023 From: stansky at stanford.edu (Peter D L Stansky) Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 21:23:05 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is very interesting but I?m not sure that I agree with Vara?s analysis. Was VW neglected and marginalized in her life time? Although not as prominent as she is now I think that during her life time and after she was always a well respected and quite well known author, in many ways at the top of her profession. In terms of her archives going to the Berg collection through an American agent I think that was Leonard?s decision not primarily that he thought she would get more attention in the US but it was a much better financial deal than he was likely to get in the UK, which was true. Also probably a UK buyer would not have agreed with Leonard?s wish to be paid but would not need to deliver the papers until after his death. And I think his prediction was wrong. If the Archive were the UK I am sure it would be far from neglected. Best, Peter Sent from Mail for Windows From: Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 11:20 AM To: vwoolf listerve Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception of Woolf in Great Britain after her death in some respects (note: there are two iterations of the review?the first one, titled "Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris," was published online on 1 April 2023 and has more illustrations: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/books/picasso-the-foreigner-annie-cohen-solal.html__;!!KGKeukY!0grWyzNjOkGaFIQym1GdKxdcb5mDBLXoV8tpUjLxuxqTRmDi3v04nJGg2kU1so5aShjPcYKczXL-Fe9KUozfmW44$ ). The review is very interesting and well worth reading (I do hope the link is function) and so seems the book itself in which Picasso's life as an outsider in France is detailed. The rejection of Picasso's artwork in France, cast aside by the "tradition-minded French cultural establishment" (as per Cotter), echoes the marginalization of Woolf's work (despite Leonard Woolf's attempts to keep Virginia's work visible and viable and, after Leonard's death, Quentin Bell's own continuing efforts to write a biography, however contested, and also maintain Virginia's literary status by publishing her letters and diaries). Outright rejection and neglect are closely related in terms of marginalizing artists and writers. With regard to reception, one can relish in retrospect how extremely embarrassing it is that the Louvre rejected Picasso's offer of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), which the Museum of Modern Art in New York happily acquired in 1939 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moma.org/research/conservation/demoiselles/history.html__;!!KGKeukY!0grWyzNjOkGaFIQym1GdKxdcb5mDBLXoV8tpUjLxuxqTRmDi3v04nJGg2kU1so5aShjPcYKczXL-Fe9KUpki1Q7d$ ). It was the New York Public Library that acquired Woolf's archival work. As Mark Hussey highlights in his essay "Virginia Woolf in America" (A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections, 2009), Leonard Woolf believed that Virginia was not going to be recognized or respected in her home country and wrote in a letter to his brother that, "if the MSS went to Cambridge or Oxford, they would be stuffed away somewhere and no one would ever look at them again except that one would be shown from time to time to the public under a glass case." Mark continues: "Thus the bulk of Woolf's archive found its way to the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library" (49). (The first wave of archival materials was acquired in 1958; the New York Times refers to this early acquisition in article on William Beekman's amazing artifacts that were purchased for the Berg Collection in 2019: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/virginia-woolf-nypl.html__;!!KGKeukY!0grWyzNjOkGaFIQym1GdKxdcb5mDBLXoV8tpUjLxuxqTRmDi3v04nJGg2kU1so5aShjPcYKczXL-Fe9KUj3hUNyE$ ; the recent Berg exhibition included many of these materials). Of course, Picasso was truly a foreigner in France while Woolf was, after her own death, neglected in her own country for a significantly long period of time (of course, Brenda Silver's 1999 Virginia Woolf Icon is of particular value in tracing Woolf's emergence as a global pop star). Much more could be said.... Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neverowv1 at southernct.edu Sun May 14 17:40:20 2023 From: neverowv1 at southernct.edu (Neverow, Vara S.) Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 21:40:20 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Peter, Thanks so much for weighing in. The reflections I shared about Leonard's negotiations with the Berg come from Mark Hussey's essay, and your take is of great interest. I am relying on Mark's argument, so perhaps he will join the conversation. Just for clarity, I was not referring to Woolf's reception during her lifetime. She was quite well received (with many fans and, of course, a number of enemies), but Woolf's reception did start to wane shortly after her death and her "renaissance" really didn't start to emerge until the 60s (but in the US and Canada and not in the UK). And you yourself know all too well the tensions that arose when Jane Marcus and Quentin Bell started to spar in Critical Inquiry and in the Miscellany in the mid-1980s. I am sorry that I wasn't making that important point evident! Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. ________________________________ From: Peter D L Stansky Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 5:23:05 PM To: Neverow, Vara S. ; vwoolf listerve Subject: RE: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her This is very interesting but I?m not sure that I agree with Vara?s analysis. Was VW neglected and marginalized in her life time? Although not as prominent as she is now I think that during her life time and after she was always a well respected and quite well known author, in many ways at the top of her profession. In terms of her archives going to the Berg collection through an American agent I think that was Leonard?s decision not primarily that he thought she would get more attention in the US but it was a much better financial deal than he was likely to get in the UK, which was true. Also probably a UK buyer would not have agreed with Leonard?s wish to be paid but would not need to deliver the papers until after his death. And I think his prediction was wrong. If the Archive were the UK I am sure it would be far from neglected. Best, Peter Sent from Mail for Windows From: Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 11:20 AM To: vwoolf listerve Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception of Woolf in Great Britain after her death in some respects (note: there are two iterations of the review?the first one, titled "Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris," was published online on 1 April 2023 and has more illustrations: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/books/picasso-the-foreigner-annie-cohen-solal.html__;!!KGKeukY!0k9vq69cJ266-aPSgypAmBVlEBaaymZya9vLB6XqHVVAqCm1ddDDzn0tk1UjkDZuJNI4FCo3JnyTZJrkWAGMnn0XxYfV$ ). The review is very interesting and well worth reading (I do hope the link is function) and so seems the book itself in which Picasso's life as an outsider in France is detailed. The rejection of Picasso's artwork in France, cast aside by the "tradition-minded French cultural establishment" (as per Cotter), echoes the marginalization of Woolf's work (despite Leonard Woolf's attempts to keep Virginia's work visible and viable and, after Leonard's death, Quentin Bell's own continuing efforts to write a biography, however contested, and also maintain Virginia's literary status by publishing her letters and diaries). Outright rejection and neglect are closely related in terms of marginalizing artists and writers. With regard to reception, one can relish in retrospect how extremely embarrassing it is that the Louvre rejected Picasso's offer of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), which the Museum of Modern Art in New York happily acquired in 1939 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moma.org/research/conservation/demoiselles/history.html__;!!KGKeukY!0k9vq69cJ266-aPSgypAmBVlEBaaymZya9vLB6XqHVVAqCm1ddDDzn0tk1UjkDZuJNI4FCo3JnyTZJrkWAGMnjaD24dy$ ). It was the New York Public Library that acquired Woolf's archival work. As Mark Hussey highlights in his essay "Virginia Woolf in America" (A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections, 2009), Leonard Woolf believed that Virginia was not going to be recognized or respected in her home country and wrote in a letter to his brother that, "if the MSS went to Cambridge or Oxford, they would be stuffed away somewhere and no one would ever look at them again except that one would be shown from time to time to the public under a glass case." Mark continues: "Thus the bulk of Woolf's archive found its way to the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library" (49). (The first wave of archival materials was acquired in 1958; the New York Times refers to this early acquisition in article on William Beekman's amazing artifacts that were purchased for the Berg Collection in 2019: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/virginia-woolf-nypl.html__;!!KGKeukY!0k9vq69cJ266-aPSgypAmBVlEBaaymZya9vLB6XqHVVAqCm1ddDDzn0tk1UjkDZuJNI4FCo3JnyTZJrkWAGMnntEAZoL$ ; the recent Berg exhibition included many of these materials). Of course, Picasso was truly a foreigner in France while Woolf was, after her own death, neglected in her own country for a significantly long period of time (of course, Brenda Silver's 1999 Virginia Woolf Icon is of particular value in tracing Woolf's emergence as a global pop star). Much more could be said.... Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhussey at verizon.net Sun May 14 18:09:32 2023 From: mhussey at verizon.net (Mark Hussey) Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 22:09:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1693213275.2085545.1684102172096@mail.yahoo.com> Cohen-Solal?s discussion of her book at the CUNY?Leon Levy center?for Biography?recently is really good, available on YouTube Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, May 14, 2023, 2:25 PM, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf wrote: Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception#yiv2022244094 #yiv2022244094pfptBannerhxwrg8a {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;background-color:#CFD3D7 !important;max-width:none !important;max-height:none !important;}#yiv2022244094 .yiv2022244094pfptPrimaryButtonhxwrg8a:hover, #yiv2022244094 .yiv2022244094pfptPrimaryButtonhxwrg8a:focus {background-color:#adb0b4 !important;}#yiv2022244094 .yiv2022244094pfptPrimaryButtonhxwrg8a:active {background-color:#8c8e91 !important;} #yiv2022244094 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner?by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the?New York Times Book Review. It?is evocative of the reception of Woolf in Great Britain after her death in some respects (note: there are two iterations of the review?the first one, titled "Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris," was published online on 1 April 2023 and has more illustrations:?https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/books/picasso-the-foreigner-annie-cohen-solal.html__;!!KGKeukY!2UrlhoZPKruzo3v4HyxgbCdtr-Ol22UD8S3gDNJYkM8JUw3WkSuviz2KA6bWtjRUo98rmJume79TPGzMLKXhnA$ ).? The review is very interesting and well worth reading (I do hope the link is function) and so seems the book itself in which Picasso's life as an outsider in France is detailed. The rejection of?Picasso's artwork in France, cast aside by the "tradition-minded French cultural establishment" (as per Cotter),?echoes the marginalization of Woolf's work (despite Leonard Woolf's attempts to keep Virginia's work visible and viable and,?after Leonard's death,?Quentin Bell's own continuing efforts to write a biography,?however contested,?and also maintain Virginia's literary status by publishing her letters and diaries).? Outright rejection and neglect are closely related in terms of marginalizing artists and writers.?With regard to reception, one can relish in retrospect how extremely embarrassing it is that the Louvre rejected Picasso's offer ofLes Demoiselles d'Avignon?(1907), which?the Museum of Modern Art in New York happily acquired in 1939 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moma.org/research/conservation/demoiselles/history.html__;!!KGKeukY!2UrlhoZPKruzo3v4HyxgbCdtr-Ol22UD8S3gDNJYkM8JUw3WkSuviz2KA6bWtjRUo98rmJume79TPGwTFjJpHQ$ ).??It was the New York Public Library that acquired Woolf's archival work. As?Mark Hussey highlights in his essay "Virginia Woolf in America" (A Room of Their Own: The?Bloomsbury?Artists in American Collections, 2009),?Leonard Woolf believed that Virginia was not going to be recognized or respected in her home country and wrote in a letter to his brother that, "if the MSS went to Cambridge or Oxford, they would be stuffed away somewhere and no one would ever look at them again except that one would be shown from time to?time to the public under a glass case." Mark continues: "Thus the bulk of Woolf's archive found its way to the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library" (49). (The first wave of archival materials was acquired in 1958; theNew York Times refers to this early acquisition in article on William Beekman's amazing artifacts that were purchased for the Berg Collection in 2019:?https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/virginia-woolf-nypl.html__;!!KGKeukY!2UrlhoZPKruzo3v4HyxgbCdtr-Ol22UD8S3gDNJYkM8JUw3WkSuviz2KA6bWtjRUo98rmJume79TPGyDC1z3lA$ ; the recent Berg exhibition included many of these materials). Of course, Picasso was truly a foreigner in France while Woolf was, after her own death, neglected in her own country for a significantly long period of time (of course, Brenda Silver's 1999?Virginia Woolf Iconis of particular value in tracing Woolf's emergence as a global pop star).? Much more could be said.... Vara Vara Neverow(she/her/hers) Professor, English DepartmentEditor,?Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut?State?University was built on traditional territory?of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac?peoples.?? Recent Publications: Lead editor,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020);?Co-editor,?The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature?(Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina?Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhussey at verizon.net Sun May 14 18:12:54 2023 From: mhussey at verizon.net (Mark Hussey) Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 22:12:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1481230109.2094656.1684102374492@mail.yahoo.com> I think in the wake of Leavis and Scrutiny, etc.,?Woolf was very much considered a minor lady novelist in england after her death. Surveys like those by Walter Allen (on my BA reading list in the seventies) were quite disparaging. But the story is never all one way! Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, May 14, 2023, 5:23 PM, Peter D L Stansky via Vwoolf wrote: This is very interesting but I?m not sure that I agree with Vara?s analysis. Was VW neglected and marginalized in her life time? Although not as prominent as she is now I think that during her life time and after she was always a well respected#yiv0780165158 #yiv0780165158pfptBannery0p4fh5 {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;background-color:#CFD3D7 !important;max-width:none !important;max-height:none !important;}#yiv0780165158 .yiv0780165158pfptPrimaryButtony0p4fh5:hover, #yiv0780165158 .yiv0780165158pfptPrimaryButtony0p4fh5:focus {background-color:#adb0b4 !important;}#yiv0780165158 .yiv0780165158pfptPrimaryButtony0p4fh5:active {background-color:#8c8e91 !important;} This is very interesting but I?m not sure that I agree with Vara?s analysis. Was VW neglected and marginalized in her life time? Although not as prominent as she is now I think that during her life time and after she was always a well respected and quite well known author, in many ways at the top of her profession. In terms of her archives going to the Berg collection through an American agent I think that was Leonard?s decision not primarily that he thought she would get more attention in the US but it was a much better financial deal than he was likely to get in the UK, which was true. Also probably a UK buyer would not have agreed with Leonard?s wish to be paid but would not need to deliver the papers until after his death. And I think his prediction was wrong. If the Archive were the UK I am sure it would be far from neglected. Best, Peter ? Sent from Mail for Windows ? From: Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 11:20 AM To: vwoolf listerve Subject: [Vwoolf] A New York Times Book Review that resonates with Woolf but does not mention her ? Greetings, Holland Cotter's "The Pariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the New York Times Book Review. It is evocative of the reception Greetings, ? Holland Cotter's "ThePariah of Paris," a review of Picasso: The Foreigner?by Annie Cohen-Solal, was published in the Sunday, May 14, 2023, print issue of the?New York Times Book Review. It?is evocative of the reception of Woolf in Great Britain after her death in some respects (note: there are two iterations of the review?the first one, titled "Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris," was published online on 1 April 2023 and has more illustrations:?https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/books/picasso-the-foreigner-annie-cohen-solal.html__;!!KGKeukY!zXYIocDid2W6uT4vcDgmbgJ7UMeeOguLQbwK6YXlMZynsuumuZ6HIK46Nw74hhs430fYY0mL9DEp4jMfqpyHWQ$ ).? ? The review is very interesting and well worth reading (I do hope the link is function) and so seems the book itself in which Picasso's life as an outsider in France is detailed. The rejection of?Picasso's artwork in France, cast aside by the "tradition-minded French cultural establishment" (as per Cotter),?echoes the marginalization of Woolf's work (despite Leonard Woolf's attempts to keep Virginia's work visible and viable and,?after Leonard's death,?Quentin Bell's own continuing efforts to write a biography,?however contested,?and also maintain Virginia's literary status by publishing her letters and diaries).? ? Outright rejection and neglect are closely related in terms of marginalizing artists and writers.?With regard to reception, one can relish in retrospect how extremely embarrassing it is that the Louvre rejected Picasso's offer ofLes Demoiselles d'Avignon?(1907), which?the Museum of Modern Art in New York happily acquired in 1939 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moma.org/research/conservation/demoiselles/history.html__;!!KGKeukY!zXYIocDid2W6uT4vcDgmbgJ7UMeeOguLQbwK6YXlMZynsuumuZ6HIK46Nw74hhs430fYY0mL9DEp4jOD2Uq5DQ$ ).? ? It was the New York Public Library that acquired Woolf's archival work. As?Mark Hussey highlights in his essay "Virginia Woolf in America" (A Room of Their Own: The?Bloomsbury?Artists in American Collections, 2009),?Leonard Woolf believed that Virginia was not going to be recognized or respected in her home country and wrote in a letter to his brother that, "if the MSS went to Cambridge or Oxford, they would be stuffed away somewhere and no one would ever look at them again except that one would be shown from time to?time to the public under a glass case." Mark continues: "Thus the bulk of Woolf's archive found its way to the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library" (49). (The first wave of archival materials was acquired in 1958; the New York Times refers to this early acquisition in article on William Beekman's amazing artifacts that were purchased for the Berg Collection in 2019:?https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/virginia-woolf-nypl.html__;!!KGKeukY!zXYIocDid2W6uT4vcDgmbgJ7UMeeOguLQbwK6YXlMZynsuumuZ6HIK46Nw74hhs430fYY0mL9DEp4jPhU72EiQ$ ; the recent Berg exhibition included many of these materials). ? Of course, Picasso was truly a foreigner in France while Woolf was, after her own death, neglected in her own country for a significantly long period of time (of course, Brenda Silver's 1999?Virginia Woolf Iconis of particular value in tracing Woolf's emergence as a global pop star).? ? Much more could be said.... ? Vara ? Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor,?Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu ? I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut?State?University was built on traditional territory?of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac?peoples.?? Recent Publications: Lead editor,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984,?Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources?(Bloomsbury, 2020);?Co-editor,?The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature?(Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina?Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) ? ? _______________________________________________ Vwoolf mailing list Vwoolf at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 20:30:50 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] Woolf mentioned in an article on Arnold Bennett's "revival" in The Times Message-ID: Greetings, The link below leads to Times article that is inaccessible for anyone who does not have a subscription (and I do not have a subscription). The article may be of interest...the first paragraph indicates that Woolf has eclipsed Bennett almost entirely. See below: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/its-time-for-an-arnold-bennett-revival-6bhclnmtt__;!!KGKeukY!zWoJhDM1ucg_uS59rV0Dk8tvas8rBgU9WNM1mmpzLzMLH2ymPpeg1Hmuj3SbDBiDvEHvUpxQCFkm9TP0YMRvtrn9qfoQ$ Is Arnold Bennett back in fashion? Not quite. It?s unlikely his reputation will ever come close to reaching the level he enjoyed at the time of his death in 1931. If the Potteries-born writer still has his admirers today, they?re vastly outnumbered by those of his Bloomsbury nemesis, Virginia Woolf, the writer who did so much to turn the tastemakers against him. Hostile to his plain speaking and his brand of realism, she dismissed him as ?an insignificant little man?. Today, mention of Bennett raises thoughts of the omelette bearing his name that is still on the menu at one of his favourite haunts, the Savoy Grill. (He and Winston Churchill, another regular, would hail each other from their tables.) The millions of TV viewers....[the paragraph continues but a subscription is required]. Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department and Women?s and Gender Studies Program Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Arrives at a Festival of German Drama Sent from my iPad From kllevenback at att.net Fri May 26 17:05:33 2023 From: kllevenback at att.net (Kllevenback) Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 17:05:33 -0400 Subject: [Vwoolf] [The Washington Post] Review | Why spend your summer reading trendy bestsellers? Try these books instead. Mrs. Dalloway, even. References: <38D345AA-3758-4BF8-AF73-670429C24290.ref@att.net> Message-ID: <38D345AA-3758-4BF8-AF73-670429C24290@att.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neverowv1 at southernct.edu Tue May 30 21:11:57 2023 From: neverowv1 at southernct.edu (Neverow, Vara S.) Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 01:11:57 +0000 Subject: [Vwoolf] A Woolf sighting in "The Trials and Triumphs of Writing While Woman" Message-ID: A book review of A Life of One?s Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again by Joanna Biggs (reviewed by Lauren Michele Jackson) has been published in the New Yorker: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/a-life-of-ones-own-nine-women-writers-begin-again-joanna-biggs-book-review__;!!KGKeukY!0_ssP1M-A3pBwNWrOzNCkq--PYhfI-K9OIoTQdyqLBuEc2l1uPvfBqGbwn3jTaWxHGmfRhZ3y-JzqYY5S2KpbLpWvoUC$ [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://media.newyorker.com/photos/646d343b8675e7ac08ac6047/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/230605_r42433.jpg__;!!KGKeukY!0_ssP1M-A3pBwNWrOzNCkq--PYhfI-K9OIoTQdyqLBuEc2l1uPvfBqGbwn3jTaWxHGmfRhZ3y-JzqYY5S2KpbAh_IexP$ ] The Trials and Triumphs of Writing While Woman >From Mary Wollstonecraft to Toni Morrison, getting a start meant starting over. https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.newyorker.com__;!!KGKeukY!0_ssP1M-A3pBwNWrOzNCkq--PYhfI-K9OIoTQdyqLBuEc2l1uPvfBqGbwn3jTaWxHGmfRhZ3y-JzqYY5S2KpbFWvxYFD$ ? ? Nine authors are discussed in Biggs' memoir. Woolf is mentioned multiple times and integrated into the analysis. Vara Vara Neverow (she/her/hers) Professor, English Department Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-6717 neverowv1 at southernct.edu I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples. Recent Publications: Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj?k, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: