[Vwoolf] New Yorker essay on VW and Wharton

[ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]]]

Dear all,

I'm very interested to know about the letter from Stuart. The truth is,
this essay bugs me. I don't think Wharton is a huge influence on Woolf and
I am surprised at the level of speculation he permits himself.

But I'm getting grumpy in my dotage,

Best,

Anne

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Jeannette Smyth <
jeannette_smyth at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thank you, the truth is mighty and it shall prevail!
> Jeannette Smyth
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Stuart N. Clarke <
> stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>   VW ack’d on 18 Nov 1920 the receipt of a copy of “The Age of Innocence”
> in an uncollected letter to Messrs Appleton & Co. (letter pub’d in the
> “Virginia Woolf Bulletin” (Jan. 2011)).  Stephen Barkway discusses VW’s
> published comments on Wharton – and Wharton’s irritation – in his
> accompanying note.
>
> Stuart
>
>  *From:* Jeannette Smyth <jeannette_smyth at earthlink.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:51 PM
> *To:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] New Yorker essay on VW and Wharton
>
> This is very, very interesting, thank you for the heads up.
> I have read every word of the diaries and letters at least three times,
> where VW's casual reading and influences are most frequently to be found. I
> can’t remembering her mentioning Edith Wharton in any connection, and the
> author here notes he cannot find any record of VW’s having read *Age of
> Innocence.*
> What interesting *ouevres *to compare, though. And how interesting
> Woolf’s contention that Wharton was not a real American — only Walt
> Whitman, of the fluid gender, was.
> Thank you again.
> Jeannette Smyth
>
>  On Sep 23, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Emily Kopley <emily.kopley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Hi All,
>
> This recent essay in *The* *New Yorker *makes a good case for VW's
> thinking of *The Age of Innocence* as she composed Mrs. Ramsay's death:
>
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/virginia-woolfs-anxiety-influence
>
> Best,
> Emily
>
>
> --
> Dr. Emily Kopley
> Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
> McGill University, Department of English
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Director of Writing/Composition at Lincoln Center,
Associate Professor of English
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and Women's Studies <http://www.fordham.edu/womens_studies>
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