A room of ones own

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This Wednesdsay, we will begin discussing Virginia Woolf’s two expanded lectures that she revised into the six chapters of A Room of One’s Own, a hugely important text in the field of women’s liter…

This study guide and infographic for Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.

A Room of One's Own, Virginia Wolf (1929)

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Cover drawing by Paul Hogarth. Penguin Books Modern Classics reprint paperback (1963).

Woolf's long essay about society and art and sexism is thoroughly of its time and timeless. She argues that a woman must have money and a room of her own (literally and figuratively) in order to write well. It's a little slow to get into but keep at it: this is one of Woolf's most accessible and rew

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