[Vwoolf] Woolf's Loebs

ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]] fernald at fordham.edu
Wed Apr 16 17:42:05 EDT 2014


(and sorry about the unnecessary apostrophe. Long day.)


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]] <
fernald at fordham.edu> wrote:

> Good afternoon Woolfians,
>
> I'm trying to fix a footnote and maybe you can help: my editor says that
> she remembers reading somewhere that the Woolfs owned dozens (mabye more
> than 100?) Loeb editions of the classics.
>
> The library at WSU, which is by no means all of their books, only lists
> one. (catalog here:
> http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/onlinebooks/woolflibrary/woolflibraryonline.htm
> )
>
> Does anyone have a citation that would confirm my/our hunch that the
> Woolfs in fact owned many?
>
> This is interesting for many reasons but in this instance because Woolf
> has Septimus with a shelf of Loeb editions in an early draft of *Mrs.
> Dalloway* and I want to underscore the point that Woolf is not sneering at
> him, but admiring his attempt. She says as much in a review of the Loebs,
> but having an account of how many she owned is another piece of information.
>
> Thank you 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
113 W 60th St.
New York NY 10023

212/636-7613
fernald at fordham.edu
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