[Vwoolf] Trollope and Woolf

[Walker Edin, Kayla]

Hi Anne,

In “A Sketch of the Past” in Moments of Being, Woolf names Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope as the two “real novelist[s]” who “can somehow convey both sorts of being”—that is, “being” and “non-being”-- the spiritual or existential and the banal.  Woolf sees both as worthy of artistic tribute; indeed, she modestly claims that she has “never been able to do both” but “tried” to strike that delicate balance in Night and Day and The Years. (Woolf, “A Sketch of the Past,” Moments of Being. 2nd ed., ed. Jeanne Schulkind. (New York, Harcourt Brave Jovanich, 1985), 70.)

Hope this helps!

It was lovely to see so many IVWS folks in Boston this past weekend. I look forward to Chicago '14!

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Kayla Walker Edin
Southern Methodist University

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Subject: [Vwoolf] 'a look of John Burrows'

Good afternoon, Woolfians,

I'm combing through the final bits and bobs of my edition of Mrs. Dalloway and I think I've found the source for "a look of John Burrows" (thanks to the Oxford database of all its reference books, as multiple other tries ended up blank):

It turns out that in Trollope’s The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870), John Burrows is a notorious jailbird, also called ‘Jack the Grinder’, who is convicted of the murder of Farmer Trumbull.

So, that seems right--a good shorthand way to indicate someone looks like a career criminal while at the same time remaining in the bounds of what one could say in Clarissa's drawing room.

That's the treat. Now, my query: does anyone have anything clever, relevant, or interesting to add about Woolf on Trollope? I'd be most grateful for your thoughts. Her words on him are few and I'm not turning up much of enough significance to add to the footnote, except to say---what? She knew his work but didn't particularly admire it? Well, duh....

All best to you in the New Year,

Anne

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