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I second Pat Laurence's recommendation. Alexandra Harris's bio would be my first choice were I still teaching. It is short, extremely lively and well-written, up-to-date, and highlights the controversies surrounding various biographical issues.
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<div>The problems with the 2001 Caws bio are: (1) the number of mistakes and (2) the overemphasis on the visual arts and Bloomsbury in France.</div>
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<div>“Councillor Maurice Adams spoke of the difficulty Banstead Council had in finding road-sweeping staff. ‘No-one wants to be a road sweeper. I would like to see women doing the job’, he added.” (“Leatherhead Advertiser”, Surrey, June 1972)</div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title="vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Pat Laurence via Vwoolf</a>
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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Looking for recommendations (brief bio. of VW)<br>
To: Pat Laurence <<a>pat.laurence@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Oh, I was wondering about the Caws, Pat. The length would be good, too, for a weekend read, and price ideal. I can supplement it with selections from Lee and others. Take care! Todd</div>
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<div>Todd,</div>
<div>You might consider Mary Ann Caws' short biography of Woolf (Overlook Press, 136 pp., inexpensive) which tells more about Woolf's friends and circle (with a wonderful array of photos) than an examination of her writings. Since you'll be delving into the
works, this might be a good balance.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 10:05 AM Danell Jones via Vwoolf <<a target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>I think Alexandra Harris’s <i>Virginia Woolf </i>is a good, short, readable biography. 170 pages and includes an assortment of photographs, painting, drawings, etc.
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I have never used it with students, but I imagine there are others on the Listserve who have…</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jul 24, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Avery, Todd via Vwoolf <<a target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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I'm writing to pick the vast collective brain of the list. I'm teaching several works of Woolf-centric biographical fiction this fall, and want to assign a brief, straightforward, readable biography by way of introduction (for students unfamiliar with Woolf)
and (for all of them) to ask questions of method and ethics in biography and in biofiction.
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Many thanks for any suggestions!</div>
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Best,</div>
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