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<div>And along these lines, the new teen novel RELEASE, by Patrick Ness (an American long based in the UK), is a retelling of MRS. DALLOWAY, beginning with the line, "Alex said he would buy the flowers himself." It's available in the UK now; I believe it's
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<div dir="ltr"></font><font face="Tahoma"><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Drew Shannon, Ph.D.</strong></span></font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><font size="4" face="arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Associate Professor of English</span></font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><font size="4" face="arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mount St. Joseph University</span></font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><font size="4" face="arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cincinnati, OH 45233 USA</span></font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual." -- Virginia Woolf,
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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Vwoolf [vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Avery, Todd [Todd_Avery@uml.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 31, 2017 2:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> vwoolf@lists.osu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] Woolf in Naomi Alderman's latest novel, THE POWER<br>
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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">List members in the mood for a modernist scavenger hunt will enjoy Naomi Alderman's most recent novel, a brilliant work of speculative fiction that imagines a future world in which girls' sudden ability
to produce electric shocks results in a complete inversion of sexual hierarchies. A scan reveals allusions at least to Conrad and Woolf, including the following passage: "A fragment of something he read a long time ago floats through his mind. A flattering
looking-glass. He has to be a flattering mirror for her, reflecting her at twice her ordinary size, making her seem to herself to be strong enough to do this thing . . ."</p>
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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The same character later thinks, "'This also has been one of the dark places of the earth.'"</p>
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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Best to you all, with the hope that you're in bright places.</p>
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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Todd</p>
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<div class="PlainText">Dr. Todd Avery<br>
Associate Professor of English<br>
Coordinator, Online English B.A. Program<br>
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative</div>
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O'Leary Library 481<br>
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