<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>You know, I must say that so many of the first encounters ring a bell with me. And, in some ways, with the recollections of the founding members of the Virginia Woolf Society who participated in an oral history with Merry Pawlowski and Eileen Barrett in 1993 (now in the IVWS Archive).</span></div><div><span>But, I have yet to hear any mention of Quentin Bell's <em>Virginia Woolf</em>, which was my first actual encounter with Virginia Woolf, though I remember seeing her books on the shelf at the public library (in the adult section) for years. </span></div><div><span>Even after getting my adult card, I never took out a book written <em>by</em> her. </span><span>I</span></div><div><span>t was her extraordinary life that led me to read her--though not immediately after reading the biography because I was doing a
master's degree in </span>a different century, master's thesis on Shakespeare, first publication on <em>Paradise Lost</em> (though not in that order). </div><div>It was only after beginning doctoral work at Cornell that I did an independent readings on Woolf--and read her from beginning to end. </div><div>And, like the rest of you, I never did stop--and not only taught classes on Woolf, but saw my husband through his own independent readings of Woolf--from beginning to end. </div><div>Aren't we lucky--those who discovered her independently--and those who discovered her in class.</div><div>Aren't we lucky that we are thus united and thus privileged to share her bounty.</div><div>Cheers to us all--</div><div>Karen </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div
dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Diana Swanson <dswanson@niu.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" <vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu>; Paula Maggio <akronpm@sbcglobal.net>; Vara S. Neverow <neverowv1@southernct.edu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 27, 2013 12:54 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vwoolf] First Encounters with Virginia on Blogging Woolf<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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<div>Ditto.</div>
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<div>I've put the link on my course Blackboard for my Woolf seminar which just started last night!</div>
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<div>Diana<br><br>>>> "Neverow, Vara S." <neverowv1@southernct.edu> 8/27/2013 11:44 AM >>><br></div>
<div>Great idea!</div>
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<div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;'><span>I have collected our recollections about first encounters of the Woolf kind and posted them on Blogging Woolf at this link: <a href="http://wp.me/p5Yfi-1E2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">First encounters with Virginia: Share yours</a>. http://wp.me/p5Yfi-1E2</span></div>
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<div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;'><span>I have attempted to gather all the recollections posted to the list, but I may have missed a few, so feel free to add yours in the comments section on the post. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Since it went live this morning, a couple of readers have added their recollections there, and I invite you all to read, add and comment at will.</span></div>
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