"But, you may say, we asked you to speak about women and fiction - what has that got to do with a room of one's own?"
EVERYTHING, it has EVERYTHING to do with it!
This book is based on a series of lectures she gave to women at Cambridge University on Women and Fiction.
Throughout the essay she ponders on the fact that men historically have produced more works of art than women, "Why is that?" she thinks and so, one of the greatest works on feminism is born!
Woolf wonders how much greater the works of Jane Austen or The Brontë Sisters might have been if they had owned a room of their own, a desk where to write in privacy or had they been granted with unleashed freedom to devote to the creative process.
She thinks about the fate of the sister Shakespeare never had, what if this fictitious sister was brilliant? As good if not more than the bard? The lost sister who people would have laughed at, questioned, disowned, exploited had she written plays, shown some talent and tried to break free.
A Room of One's Own is beautiful, piercing and vital, something I'd suggest everyone to read.
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A Room Of One's Own by Virginia Woolf is an extended version of essays based on lectures she gave on Women and Fiction. It's straight, cut through feminists and so accurate.Woolf has talked about Women in Literature from the time of Shakespeare and how a women couldn't write a play like he did but what's interesting, laughable and disturbing is that 21st century is not much different from 18th or 19th century in terms of women education as a whole. They are still not "required" to become an artist or an astronaut or a scholar. They don't "need" this in their life but only depend on their father or husband because women are defined by men. I mean it has been almost 200 years and we are still stuck in somewhat same situation in many parts of the world where men are still walking with their ego and exploiting women because they want to feel superior.She clearly points this out, which is true to its core that not being dependent on a man for the basis needs opens up a whole new world with the liberty of asking questions without any second thoughts and being subjected.Also, the last two pages just blew my mind. Woolf asks women to do something for themselves, make money, get a room of their own and stop making any kind of excuses because it is now the time to rise and stand for themselves.Truth be told, I could have just highlighted the whole book. It might take a little time to adjust to her writing style but definitely go for this.
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A Room Of One's Own by Virginia Woolf is an extended version of essays based on lectures she gave on Women and Fiction. It's straight, cut through feminists and so accurate.
Woolf has talked about Women in Literature from the time of Shakespeare and how a women couldn't write a play like he did but what's interesting, laughable and disturbing is that 21st century is not much different from 18th or 19th century in terms of women education as a whole. They are still not "required" to become an artist or an astronaut or a scholar. They don't "need" this in their life but only depend on their father or husband because women are defined by men. I mean it has been almost 200 years and we are still stuck in somewhat same situation in many parts of the world where men are still walking with their ego and exploiting women because they want to feel superior.
She clearly points this out, which is true to its core that not being dependent on a man for the basis needs opens up a whole new world with the liberty of asking questions without any second thoughts and being subjected.
Also, the last two pages just blew my mind. Woolf asks women to do something for themselves, make money, get a room of their own and stop making any kind of excuses because it is now the time to rise and stand for themselves.
Truth be told, I could have just highlighted the whole book. It might take a little time to adjust to her writing style but definitely go for this.
Woolf has talked about Women in Literature from the time of Shakespeare and how a women couldn't write a play like he did but what's interesting, laughable and disturbing is that 21st century is not much different from 18th or 19th century in terms of women education as a whole. They are still not "required" to become an artist or an astronaut or a scholar. They don't "need" this in their life but only depend on their father or husband because women are defined by men. I mean it has been almost 200 years and we are still stuck in somewhat same situation in many parts of the world where men are still walking with their ego and exploiting women because they want to feel superior.
She clearly points this out, which is true to its core that not being dependent on a man for the basis needs opens up a whole new world with the liberty of asking questions without any second thoughts and being subjected.
Also, the last two pages just blew my mind. Woolf asks women to do something for themselves, make money, get a room of their own and stop making any kind of excuses because it is now the time to rise and stand for themselves.
Truth be told, I could have just highlighted the whole book. It might take a little time to adjust to her writing style but definitely go for this.
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Woolf's description of women in literature is so accurate. Poverty has got to do so much with why women didn't write and were considered unintelligent. I loved how she acknowledges that when she had money that she didn't feel the envy and the distaste she had for men that had access to institutions and a source of income. It is very honest and well written too. I loved it. Would recommend.
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Virginia Woolf regarding the relationship between women and fiction women & fiction.
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Virginia Woolf provides 6 insightful chapters as she probes the relationship between women & fiction for a series of lectures delivered at Cambridge in 1928. A fascinating exploration of how women have historically been portrayed, & the legacy that modern women writers have inherited.
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