[Vwoolf] Woolf's "On Being Ill" revisited in the times of corona virus

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Tue Mar 24 12:48:42 EDT 2020


And a second second—I am beginning our discussion of Mrs Dalloway in my modernist lit class in about an hour and have already posted a section of Elizabeth Outka’s book to the course shell for them to consider! 

Stay safe everyone!

 

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Madelyn Detloff via Vwoolf
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 12:31 PM
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Hello Everyone,

I hope you all are keeping as well as can be.  I’d like to second Jane’s recommendation of Elizabeth Outka’s new book.  I have been thinking about it quite a bit in the past few weeks.

 

Take care,

Madelyn

Madelyn Detloff

Professor and Chair, English

Professor, Global and Intercultural Studies

Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

 

Sent from my iPad. Please excuse automiscorrections. 

 

 

 





On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Jane Marie Garrity via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> > wrote:

 Hi Laura & all, 

Thanks for these links. I’d also like to draw people’s attention to Elizabeth Outka’s wonderful book, _Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature_ (Columbia UP 2019). It’s not only timely, but is a terrific read—enjoy!

Best wishes everyone,

Jane 

 

 

Jane Garrity
Associate Professor of English
Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder
226 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0226
Jane.Garrity at Colorado.Edu <mailto:Jane.Garrity at Colorado.Edu> 

 

 

 





On Mar 24, 2020, at 3:06 AM, Laura Cernat via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> > wrote:

 

Dear Woolfians,

 

With Belgium under lockdown for the second week now, my colleagues from the KU Leuven Faculty of Arts are looking for ways to find literary resources that explore topics like illness and epidemics from a diversity of angles. They've set up a blog called "Coronameron", where professors and students have been contributing bits about epidemics in the history of literature. You might enjoy some of the posts (https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/literatuurwetenschap/coronameron).

 

I participated with a small piece about Woolf's "On Being Ill". I tried to follow the advice that has circulated on the listserv lately and I foregrounded Woolf's own words rather than trying to burden the text with references and complicated commentary. It is, of course, just a popularization piece, so don't expect much novelty, but maybe it's a good invitation to revisit the text. Here's the link:

https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/literatuurwetenschap/coronameron/suggestions-suggesties/onbeingillvirginiawoolf

 

May your passion for Woolf keep you strong in these times. Stay at home and keep up the good reading & writing!

 

With best wishes of health and strength,

 

Laura

 

Laura Cernat (Kupferschmidt)

PhD student, KU Leuven, Department of Literary Studies

FWO doctoral fellow





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