[Vwoolf] FW: anyone out there working on/writing VW fan fiction?
Shilo McGiff
srm10 at cornell.edu
Thu Mar 7 14:01:21 EST 2024
Also: re: fanfiction of "the internet kind": Ana Quiring has quite a good
article on Virginia Woolf and AO3 (An Archive of Our Own) in issue #99 of
the Virginia Woolf Miscellany
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://virginiawoolfmiscellany.wordpress.com/virginia-woolf-miscellany-issue-99-spring-fall-2022/__;!!KGKeukY!3jPhBfAnk38ZjMtVul_KD6CTj1EeSOvDA_lMcsopK2gqtv4O7euqBcILpVl7wOfOFF-ex3R7TDaploXNk-Nr$ >.
Ana's article starts on p. 26.
SRM
On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 9:27 AM Mark Hussey via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
wrote:
> I have found Monica Latham’s work absolutely invaluable (I am working on a
> ‘biography’ of Mrs Dalloway) and wanted to point out, also, that in
> addition to her chapter in the Edinburgh Companion to Woolf and
> Contemporary Global Literature, many
>
> I have found Monica Latham’s work absolutely invaluable (I am working on a
> ‘biography’ of *Mrs Dalloway*) and wanted to point out, also, that in
> addition to her chapter in the *Edinburgh Companion to Woolf and
> Contemporary Global Literature*, many other contributors to that volume
> also discuss examples of novels that relate to Woolf in various ways—too
> many for one email!
>
>
>
> *From:* Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net at lists.osu.edu> *On
> Behalf Of *Laura Cernat via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 6, 2024 6:04 PM
> *To:* Avery, Todd via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>; Leslie Kathleen
> Hankins <lhankins at cornellcollege.edu>; J.D. Engle <jdengle14 at gmail.com>;
> Avery, Todd <Todd_Avery at uml.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] anyone out there working on/writing VW fan
> fiction?
>
>
>
> Hi Todd & all, A similar phenomenon to the "parallel novel" is called
> "spinoff" in Birgit Spengler's 2015 book Literary Spinoffs and "minor
> character elaboration" in Jeremy Rosen's 2016 Minor Characters Have
>
> Hi Todd & all,
>
>
>
> A similar phenomenon to the "parallel novel" is called "spinoff" in Birgit
> Spengler's 2015 book *Literary Spinoffs* and "minor character
> elaboration" in Jeremy Rosen's 2016 *Minor Characters Have Their Day*.
> I've also encountered the notion of "paraquel" in connection to Jean Rhys's *Wide
> Sargasso Sea *(which is usually just considered a prequel).
>
>
>
> Famous Woolf examples (aside from* The Hours*) are "Mr Dalloway" by Robin
> Lippincott and* Talland House* by Maggie Humm. But there are also of
> course Woolf biofictions, of which there are myriads in the last few
> decades. Monica Latham touches upon some 25 examples (or thereabouts) in
> her 2021 book on the topic. But she has worked on many others since then,
> not only in English but also in French. Marie-Laure Rigeade has also worked
> on this topic (see her co-edited volume with Latham on Recycling Woolf).
> There's a scholar (Elisabetta Varalda) working on Woolf bioficfions in
> Italy too, and so on. (For those interested, Varalda will give a talk on
> Woolf graphic biofictions online tomorrow at Goldsmiths, here's the link:
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.gold.ac.uk/comparative-literature/the-auto-bio-fiction-series-maaheen-ahmed-and-elisabetta-varalda/__;!!KGKeukY!3jPhBfAnk38ZjMtVul_KD6CTj1EeSOvDA_lMcsopK2gqtv4O7euqBcILpVl7wOfOFF-ex3R7TDaplsZBFJWT$
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.gold.ac.uk/comparative-literature/the-auto-bio-fiction-series-maaheen-ahmed-and-elisabetta-varalda/__;!!KGKeukY!zVyF7RUSUw2hDFwfzZ7_zlgkDhuL7JCk4Iw3MvliY72jqKbhu6ZyqAUMbPaHHLQWJ30Y-k2TFzTakCTsj05Y7lSFi93jLQ$>
> )
>
>
>
> There's even a "Virginia Wolf" [sic] children's book, a real jewel with
> lovely illustrations and written with much humour. So it all depends on how
> much one wants to broaden the definition of fan fiction. This semester I'm
> teaching a class on "Afterlives of the Canon", which includes some examples
> on Woolf, but I'm super curious about what else people come up with, there
> should definitely be a list/ bibliography of all these ramifications.
> Perhaps material for a Woolf Salon?
>
>
>
> All best wishes,
>
>
>
> Laura
>
>
>
> Laura Cernat (she, they)
>
> FWO Postdoctoral Fellow
>
> KU Leuven, Department of Literary Studies
>
> English Literature Research Group
>
>
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> *From:* Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Avery, Todd
> via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 6, 2024 11:31 PM
> *To:* Leslie Kathleen Hankins <lhankins at cornellcollege.edu>; J.D. Engle <
> jdengle14 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] anyone out there working on/writing VW fan
> fiction?
>
>
>
> Hi, friends,
>
>
>
> This is a useful page; are we talking about parallel fiction or one of the
> other categories listed at the bottom of the Wikipedia page? I find myself
> increasingly generically confused; not at all an unpleasant state of mind.
>
>
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_novel__;!!KGKeukY!3jPhBfAnk38ZjMtVul_KD6CTj1EeSOvDA_lMcsopK2gqtv4O7euqBcILpVl7wOfOFF-ex3R7TDaplnou0GuM$
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_novel__;!!KGKeukY!zOYoyrjKufl6qjpsdvqJB0YdxijMotJC8b_XX4IWsKPVtFJRd-R6wMsAgodtBylLeeClLCXwshIdfwKFEJqTp5Tz$>
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> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_novel__;!!KGKeukY!zOYoyrjKufl6qjpsdvqJB0YdxijMotJC8b_XX4IWsKPVtFJRd-R6wMsAgodtBylLeeClLCXwshIdfwKFEJqTp5Tz$>
>
> Parallel novel - Wikipedia
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_novel__;!!KGKeukY!zOYoyrjKufl6qjpsdvqJB0YdxijMotJC8b_XX4IWsKPVtFJRd-R6wMsAgodtBylLeeClLCXwshIdfwKFEJqTp5Tz$>
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> en.wikipedia.org
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> Take care.
>
>
>
> Todd
>
>
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>
>
> Todd Avery
>
> Professor
>
> Department of English
>
> University of Massachusetts Lowell
> O'Leary Library 481
> 61 Wilder Street
> Lowell, MA 01854
>
>
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>
> *From:* Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+todd_avery=uml.edu at lists.osu.edu> on
> behalf of J.D. Engle via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 6, 2024 5:26 PM
> *To:* Leslie Kathleen Hankins <lhankins at cornellcollege.edu>
> *Cc:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] anyone out there working on/writing VW fan
> fiction?
>
>
>
> Hi again, Leslie, and thanks.
>
>
>
> I must say I have never given much thought to the genre quesion per se.
> Two Seasons was the fruit of a personal near-obsession. Following my first
> reading of To the Lighthouse decades ago, I felt what would become an
> abiding curiosity concerning Lily Briscoe's future.
>
>
>
> After a long university career writing critically about literature and
> cinema, I at last found myself able to return in a different manner that
> that of the critic, allowing Lily and the remaining Ramsays and friends to
> grow and change, first five years after the events of To the Lighthouse
> ("Autumn") and then another five ("Spring"). For the new writer I myself
> had become, I adopted the very mild pseudonym of J.D. Engle (instead of
> John Engle).
>
>
>
> Anyway, Leslie, while that perhaps doesn't help much, good luck with your
> research on the genre issue. I truly hope you enjoy Two Seasons and would
> love to hear your reactions.
>
>
>
> All best,
>
> John
>
>
>
> John Engle
>
> 9 rue des Flots Bleus
>
> 13007 Marseille. France
>
> Tel: 33 673869657
>
>
>
> J.D. Engle, Two Seasons (Gatekeeper Press)
>
>
>
> Le mer. 6 mars 2024, 06:36, Leslie Kathleen Hankins <
> lhankins at cornellcollege.edu> a écrit :
>
> I just ordered your book and look forward to reading it. Have you come up
> with ways to categorize such books? The field of fan fiction seems wide
> open sometimes, and other times quite specific.
>
> I'm just beginning my inquiry. Best, Leslie
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 6:27 AM Leslie Kathleen Hankins <
> lhankins at cornellcollege.edu> wrote:
>
> Thank you for the suggestion--I'll check it out!
>
> The terms in general seem slippery in print "fan fiction"
> especially--homage?
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM J.D. Engle <jdengle14 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for raising the question, Leslie. Fan fiction may not be the
> appropriate term, but have you read Two Seasons, the sequel to To the
> Lighthouse?
>
>
>
> Le mar. 5 mars 2024, 21:55, J.D. Engle <jdengle14 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Thanks for raising the question, Leslie. Fan fiction is not really the
> appropriate term in this case, but have you read Two Seasons, the sequel to
> To the Lighthouse?
>
>
>
> Le mar. 5 mars 2024, 10:42, Leslie Kathleen Hankins via Vwoolf <
> vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> a écrit :
>
> it doesn't have to be the internet kind--I'm also thinking of The Hours
> and other such books. I want to see if any of us are writing anything that
> could be considered fan fiction based on VW stories or novels . . .
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!! Leslie
>
>
>
> --
>
> Leslie Kathleen Hankins
>
> Professor
>
> Department of English & Creative Writing
>
> Norma and Richard Small Distinguished Professor 2022-2024
>
>
>
>
>
> *"I feel that strong emotion must leave its trace; and that it is only a
> question *
>
> *of discovering how we can get ourselves again attached to it,*
>
> * so that we shall be able to live our lives through from the start." *
>
> * Virginia Woolf "A Sketch
> of the Past." *
>
>
>
> *(but that might be her heart, affected, they said, by influenza). *
>
> * VW, Mrs Dalloway.*
>
>
>
> Recent publication:
>
> *(my mini-memoir of daze gone by)*
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> --
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> Leslie Kathleen Hankins
>
> Professor
>
> Department of English & Creative Writing
>
> Norma and Richard Small Distinguished Professor 2022-2024
>
>
>
>
>
> *"I feel that strong emotion must leave its trace; and that it is only a
> question *
>
> *of discovering how we can get ourselves again attached to it,*
>
> * so that we shall be able to live our lives through from the start." *
>
> * Virginia Woolf "A Sketch
> of the Past." *
>
>
>
> *(but that might be her heart, affected, they said, by influenza). *
>
> * VW, Mrs Dalloway.*
>
>
>
> Recent publication:
>
> *(my mini-memoir of daze gone by)*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> --
>
> Leslie Kathleen Hankins
>
> Professor
>
> Department of English & Creative Writing
>
> Norma and Richard Small Distinguished Professor 2022-2024
>
>
>
>
>
> *"I feel that strong emotion must leave its trace; and that it is only a
> question *
>
> *of discovering how we can get ourselves again attached to it,*
>
> * so that we shall be able to live our lives through from the start." *
>
> * Virginia Woolf "A Sketch
> of the Past." *
>
>
>
> *(but that might be her heart, affected, they said, by influenza). *
>
> * VW, Mrs Dalloway.*
>
>
>
> Recent publication:
>
> *(my mini-memoir of daze gone by)*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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