[Vwoolf] e-book of VW diary
Peter D L Stansky
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Thu Jan 30 14:46:31 EST 2020
For something more about Leonard Woolf and the League of Nations the list might be interested in a short life of Leonard Woolf by Fred Leventhal and myself just published by the Oxford University Press. It is available at 30% off at global.oup.com/academic with promotion code AAFLYG6. Best, Peter Stansky
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I have not used the Kobo very much, but, I find it OK. They have rearranged
the essays, so that the rediscovered ones in Vol. 6 have been slotted in
where they should have been in earlier vols. I agree with Madelyn that "it
is
useful for searching and then double checking with a reliable print source".
The main problem I have found is with the diary: it is not always
immediately obvious to which year an entry belongs.
Since it is on my phone, I expect to be using it more and more, and the
CD-ROM, which cost so much so many years ago, less.
Stuart
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Subject: [Vwoolf] e-book of VW diary
Stuart: Thanks for this reference. Some of the e-books of Woolf are very
inaccurate; others are quite good. How do you rate this Kobo edition?
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/virginia-woolf-the-complete-works-2
Annaliese, I think it's worth the time to read the full text of the
diaries 1927-31 from the full 5-vol. edition, rather than just searching
for keywords, so you get a sense of the context, details, complexity,
etc. Also some terms are not picked up in a search, when for for example
VW uses abbreviations (inconsistently, because it's a diary). One can
miss key entries.
The Writer's Diary is just extracts from the longer diary. The full
diary is really interesting and a wonderful education in itself.
Then perhaps do a digital search afterwards to see if it picks up
anything else.
Secondary sources: Zwerdling's book on VW and the Real World and Leonard
Woolf's memoirs might be useful. The League of Nations is a really
important topic in the politics of the 1920s and a crucial context for
understanding Woolf; good luck with it!
Best wishes,
Trudi
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