[Vwoolf] Woolf and Byatt

[Laurie Reiche]

Though I haven't been in on these conversations all that much, I would love to participate in this online book reading study. (Though I am, at the moment, immersed in the Woolf & Music book that just came in the mail yesterday--hurrah!) I'll keep a look-out for further information. Warm Regards, Laurie 
On Aug 9, 2014, at 1:03 PM, Elisa Sparks <SPARKS at clemson.edu> wrote:

> Just finished A.S. Byatt's first novel, Shadow of the Sun, a sad rather dark book. Was thinking how interesting it would be to juxtapose it to Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out, also about the thwarting of a young girl's initiation into maturity. The next Byatt novel is The Game, about two sisters whose intersecting manipulations of fiction and reality ruin their lives...some similar themes to Woolf's sunnier second novel, Night and Day.  This produced the following intriguing little chart (of course I have every hope that Byatt produces another few novels, which will destroy this fearful symmetry.)  And yes, I do know exactly how much Byatt would detest this comparison. Nevertheless, would love to start a reader's group of some kind to plot through these pairings.  Was thinking at least a month per pair.  Anyone interested?  Can be long-distance.  
> 
> I am currently contemplating another Woolf/O’Keeffe paper for next year’s conference, but it strikes me that this could turn into a panel.  Or perhaps a workshop.
> Elisa
> 
> 
> A.S. Byatt: Novels/  Virginia Woolf : Novels
> 
> 1964    The Shadow of the Sun/
> 1915     The Voyage Out
> 1967    The Game/  1919     Night and Day
> 1978    The Virgin in the Garden/
> 1922     Jacob’s Room
> 1985     Still Life/  1925     Mrs. Dalloway
> 1990     Possession: A Romance/
> 1927    To the Lighthouse
> 1997     Babel Tower/  1928     Orlando
> 2000     The Biographer's Tale/  1933     Flush
> 2002    A Whistling Woman/
> 1931     The Waves
> 2009    The Children's Book/  1937     The Years
> 2011    Ragnarok: The End of the Gods
> 1941   Between the Acts
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