[Vwoolf] Vwoolf Digest, Vol 68, Issue 14

Paula Maggio akronpm at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jan 25 13:41:04 EST 2018


A birthday post for Virginia on Blogging Woolf. https://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/a-google-doodle-and-more-on-the-occasion-of-virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/

Paula Maggio
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>   1. Re: Woolf Google doodle (coruscate818)
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>   3. Re: Woolf Google doodle (Neverow, Vara S.)
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:19:37 -0500
> From: coruscate818 <coruscate818 at gmail.com>
> To: Toni McNaron <mcnar001 at umn.edu>
> Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
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> In addition to *The Years, *falling leaves  also recur in *The Waves, *
> especially in connection with Rhoda, e.g.:
> 
> "Rhoda, with whom I shared silence when the others spoke, she who hung back
> and turned aside when the herd assembled and galloped with orderly, sleek
> backs over the rich pastures, has gone now like the desert heat. When the
> sun blisters the roofs of the city I think of her; when the dry leaves
> patter to the ground; when the old men come with pointed sticks and pierce
> little bits of paper as we pierced her--
> 
> O western wind, when wilt thou blow,
> That the small rain down can rain?"
> 
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>> On Jan 25, 2018 10:49 AM, "Toni McNaron" <mcnar001 at umn.edu> wrote:
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>> I come down on the side of those of us who are delighted to see VW in a
>> doodle that will be seen, even if for a few seconds, by millions of
>> people.  As for the doodle itself, I like the color of the leaves and
>> Virginia's blouse.  It's subtle and haunting as a shade.  Like Diana
>> Swanson, I also thought about *The Years*, especially one introduction to
>> an autumn when leaves were being violently blown about by heavy winds.
>> 
>> Toni McNaron
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> From: "Brenda S. Helt" <helt0010 at umn.edu>
> To: "'coruscate818'" <coruscate818 at gmail.com>,    "'Toni McNaron'"
>    <mcnar001 at umn.edu>
> Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
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> It?s also a visual pun, as books have leaves.
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> Sl?inte!
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> Brenda Helt
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> Co-editor Queer Bloomsbury
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> https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-queer-bloomsbury.html
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> Fine artist
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> From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of coruscate818
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:20 AM
> To: Toni McNaron
> Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
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> In addition to The Years, falling leaves  also recur in The Waves, especially in connection with Rhoda, e.g.:
> 
> 
> 
> "Rhoda, with whom I shared silence when the others spoke, she who hung back and turned aside when the herd assembled and galloped with orderly, sleek backs over the rich pastures, has gone now like the desert heat. When the sun blisters the roofs of the city I think of her; when the dry leaves patter to the ground; when the old men come with pointed sticks and pierce little bits of paper as we pierced her--
> 
> O western wind, when wilt thou blow,
> That the small rain down can rain?"
> 
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> On Jan 25, 2018 10:49 AM, "Toni McNaron" <mcnar001 at umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> I come down on the side of those of us who are delighted to see VW in a doodle that will be seen, even if for a few seconds, by millions of people.  As for the doodle itself, I like the color of the leaves and Virginia's blouse.  It's subtle and haunting as a shade.  Like Diana Swanson, I also thought about The Years, especially one introduction to an autumn when leaves were being violently blown about by heavy winds.
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:54:55 +0000
> From: "Neverow, Vara S." <neverowv1 at southernct.edu>
> To: "Brenda S. Helt" <helt0010 at umn.edu>, 'coruscate818'
>    <coruscate818 at gmail.com>, 'Toni McNaron' <mcnar001 at umn.edu>
> Cc: "vwoolf at lists.osu.edu" <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
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> Hi all,
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> 
> Whether inspired by the Google doodle or by #MeToo or the Women's Marches, or Woolf own iconic status, there are also a slew of online articles on Woolf today just as there is that frenzy on Twitter.
> 
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> Time specifically notes the doodle.
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> http://time.com/5117849/virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/
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> [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.RAZ%2f3uZIVbMeH%2fwbHYGF0w&pid=Api]<http://time.com/5117849/virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/>
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> Google Celebrates Virginia Woolf's 136th Birthday With Iconic Illustration<http://time.com/5117849/virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/>
> time.com
> The illustration marks what would have been the author's 136th birthday
> 
> And so does CNET:
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> 
> https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-celebrates-virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/
> 
> [https://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/img/O1j2M8e5xguAYDMYAraTePIOocY=/670x503/2018/01/25/4449538d-746b-443d-beee-27b2b8f9ccc3/virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday-5857012284915712-2x.jpg]<https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-celebrates-virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/>
> 
> Google Doodle celebrates Virginia Woolf's 136th birthday<https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-celebrates-virginia-woolfs-136th-birthday/>
> www.cnet.com
> One of the 20th century's foremost authors, Woolf was a pioneer in the use of stream of conscious narrative approach.
> 
> 
> The Guardian is peevish about the omission of Burns:
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jan/25/this-burns-night-consider-celebrating-virginia-woolf-instead
> 
> This Burns Night, consider celebrating Virginia Woolf instead<https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jan/25/this-burns-night-consider-celebrating-virginia-woolf-instead>
> www.theguardian.com
> Hold the haggis: there?s another writer?s birthday that deserves to be celebrated on 25 January
> 
> 
> The Independent reflects on Woolf herself.
> 
> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/virginia-woolf-who-was-she-quotes-books-feminism-bloomsbury-mrs-dalloway-google-doodle-life-a8176926.html
> 
> [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.8Y4SQ399SQ98hlBj39cWcw&pid=Api]<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/virginia-woolf-who-was-she-quotes-books-feminism-bloomsbury-mrs-dalloway-google-doodle-life-a8176926.html>
> 
> Virginia Woolf's poetic advice on life, womanhood and the world<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/virginia-woolf-who-was-she-quotes-books-feminism-bloomsbury-mrs-dalloway-google-doodle-life-a8176926.html>
> www.independent.co.uk
> Today would have marked the 136th birthday of the great British modernist novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), an occasion marked by Google's latest Doodle.
> 
> http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/how-virginia-woolf-contributed-in-changing-the-role-of-women-in-society-2490845.html
> [https://static-news.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2018/01/virginia-woolf-770x433.jpg]<http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/how-virginia-woolf-contributed-in-changing-the-role-of-women-in-society-2490845.html>
> 
> How Virginia Woolf contributed in changing the role of women in society<http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/how-virginia-woolf-contributed-in-changing-the-role-of-women-in-society-2490845.html>
> www.moneycontrol.com
> Woolf had the gut to question the society 'norms' - the norms which had already decided a girl's fate in her life.
> 
> And Quartz focuses on women and money and freedom:
> https://qz.com/1189221/virginia-woolf-google-honors-the-writer-who-declared-woman-need-money-to-be-free/
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Vara
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> Vara Neverow
> Department of English
> Southern Connecticut State University
> New Haven, CT 06515
> 203-392-6717
> neverowv1 at southernct.edu
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> ________________________________
> From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+neverowv1=southernct.edu at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Brenda S. Helt <helt0010 at umn.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:28 PM
> To: 'coruscate818'; 'Toni McNaron'
> Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
> 
> 
> It?s also a visual pun, as books have leaves.
> 
> 
> 
> Sl?inte!
> 
> 
> 
> Brenda Helt
> 
> 
> 
> Co-editor Queer Bloomsbury
> 
> https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-queer-bloomsbury.html<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedinburghuniversitypress.com%2Fbook-queer-bloomsbury.html&data=02%7C01%7Cneverowv1%40southernct.edu%7C38c57db816eb4b24a25e08d564191449%7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67%7C0%7C0%7C636524981252923229&sdata=EujKNqTLQFPWqDP0IqYvKjWc5Cus1ri%2FyMULAzAJ42Q%3D&reserved=0>
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> 
> Fine artist
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> http://www.brendahelt.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brendahelt.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cneverowv1%40southernct.edu%7C38c57db816eb4b24a25e08d564191449%7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67%7C0%7C0%7C636524981252933238&sdata=Q9BizFKetsJdmQ%2BDT5oxbaRIahWBlvc5oFIDgYEHA9A%3D&reserved=0>
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> From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of coruscate818
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:20 AM
> To: Toni McNaron
> Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
> 
> 
> 
> In addition to The Years, falling leaves  also recur in The Waves, especially in connection with Rhoda, e.g.:
> 
> 
> 
> "Rhoda, with whom I shared silence when the others spoke, she who hung back and turned aside when the herd assembled and galloped with orderly, sleek backs over the rich pastures, has gone now like the desert heat. When the sun blisters the roofs of the city I think of her; when the dry leaves patter to the ground; when the old men come with pointed sticks and pierce little bits of paper as we pierced her--
> 
> O western wind, when wilt thou blow,
> That the small rain down can rain?"
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 25, 2018 10:49 AM, "Toni McNaron" <mcnar001 at umn.edu<mailto:mcnar001 at umn.edu>> wrote:
> 
> I come down on the side of those of us who are delighted to see VW in a doodle that will be seen, even if for a few seconds, by millions of people.  As for the doodle itself, I like the color of the leaves and Virginia's blouse.  It's subtle and haunting as a shade.  Like Diana Swanson, I also thought about The Years, especially one introduction to an autumn when leaves were being violently blown about by heavy winds.
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