[Vwoolf] In search of an elusive VW reference

[Stuart N. Clarke]

Somebody don’t know how to quote accurately:

‘Orlando did not come.
‘"All right then," Orlando said, with the good humour people practise on these occasions; and tried another. For she had a great variety of selves to call upon, far more than we have been able to find room for, since a biography is considered complete if it merely accounts for six or seven selves, whereas a person may well have as many thousand.’

“Orlando” (Harvest,p. 309).

Stuart



From: B Rilett 
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:10 PM
To: Woolf list 
Subject: [Vwoolf] In search of an elusive VW reference

In the Introduction to Susan Glaspell: A Critical Biography
by Barbara Ozieblo I read: 

"... and so I present the reader with my version of one of the "six or seven thousand selves"--posited by Virginia Woolf in every human being--awaiting us in Susan Glaspell."



Can anyone tell me where this reference to biography as illustrating any one of a potential "six or seven thousand selves" comes from? 


I seem to recall noting it myself ages ago, and I believe it was from "The Art of Biography" or "The New Biography" or Orlando. At some point during revision I cut the reference from my essay, and can't seem to relocate it now.


Thanks in advance for the assistance.


Sincerely,
Bev Rilett


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