[Vwoolf] Fw: Virginia Woolf quote question

Detloff, Madelyn detlofmm at miamioh.edu
Mon Sep 2 15:06:41 EDT 2019


I did a quick search of my electronic edition and it is apparently from
VW's letter Ethel Smyth, Wednesday April 15th 1931.
I haven't checked it against the print version of her letters, but Cook
should be able to find it by the date in the print version.

cheers,
Madelyn



On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 2:59 PM Kristin Czarnecki via Vwoolf <
vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Greetings, all,
>
>
> Please see below. This quotation doesn't sound familiar to me. Does anyone
> know if Woolf in fact said/wrote it?
>
>
> Many thanks, as always,
>
>
> Kristin
>
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> Kristin Czarnecki
> President, International Virginia Woolf Society
> Professor of English
> Georgetown College, Pawling Hall 110
> Georgetown, KY 40324
> 502-863-8132
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> *Subject:* Virginia Woolf quote question
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> Hi Dr. Czarnecki,
>
> I have a rather specific question I hope you might be able to help with.
> I'm in the process of fact-checking a book, which will be released next
> summer. Included in the book is a quote attributed to Virginia Woolf: "My
> head is a hive of words that won't settle." I've gone down a rabbit hole
> searching for the source of this, but am having difficulty confirming it.
>
> I got your name and contact information from the Virginia Woolf Society
> website. Do you happen to know if Woolf actually wrote this famous quote
> and if so, where it is located?
>
> Thanks much for your time.
>
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> Lindsey Cook
> Senior Editor, Digital Storytelling
> Digital Transition Team
> The New York Times
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Madelyn Detloff
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Professor, Global and Intercultural Studies Department
Miami University
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