[Vwoolf] Quotation re. silence

[Dr T Tate]

Many thanks, Stuart; very helpful.
best wishes, Trudi

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On 07/05/2019 23:43, Stuart N. Clarke wrote:
> It is a partly made-up quotation, and rather obscure in Woolf's
> oeuvre: from "Anon" (Essays 6, p.595):
> 
> "But her [Mary Fytton's] passion, her disgrace, her humiliation are
> all acted in dumb show.  They are hidden either by silence, or by
> flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence."
> 
> This is similar to that other (mis)quotation: "For most of history,
> Anonymous was a woman."
> 
> Stuart
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Dr T Tate via Vwoolf
> Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 9:40 PM
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> Subject: [Vwoolf] Quotation re. silence
> 
> Dear Woolfians: this quotation is often attributed to Woolf. 'The
> history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and
> ornaments that amount to silence.' Is this a real VW quotation?
> Thanks, Trudi Tate, Cambridge
> 
> 
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