[Vwoolf] Woolf "speeches"

Caroline Webb Caroline.Webb at newcastle.edu.au
Tue Oct 1 19:05:03 EDT 2013


The performance by Eileen Atkins shows how even a long work like _A Room
of One's Own_ can become a speech . . . maybe an extract from _AROO_?
 
Caroline 

>>> Mark Hussey <mhussey at verizon.net> 2/10/2013 3:50 am >>>

How about “Why?”


 
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ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]]
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Subject: [Vwoolf] Woolf "speeches"
 

Good afternoon, Woolfians,

 

One of my students this fall is an actress and she is taking a class on
political speeches. Inspired by our reading of *Mrs. Dalloway* and
"Professions for Women," she thought it would be fun to memorize and
recite/perform a speech by Woolf as part of her final project.

 

Alas, Woolf wasn't much of a speechwriter as you know, but I do think
some of her essays could be adapted for the purpose.

 

I'm thinking especially of "Professions for Women" and "Thoughts on
Peace in an Air Raid." I don't think "Craftsmanship" or "How Should One
Read a Book?" are sufficiently political.

 

Does anyone else have an idea of a short essay that could be adapted
for this purpose? Or, alternatively, of a great feminist speech from the
period that might inspire a young actress?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Anne

 

 

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Anne E. Fernald (
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/faculty/english_faculty/anne_fernald_28537.asp
)
Director of Writing/Composition at Lincoln Center,
Associate Professor of English (
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/index.asp
) and Women's Studies ( http://www.fordham.edu/womens_studies )
Fordham University
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New York NY 10023

212/636-7613
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