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A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.

One of the most famous of all literary dogs, Flush was the golden cocker spaniel belonging to Elizabeth Barrett. In this charming and heartfelt biography, Viginia Woolf tells his story: his early days as Miss Mitford's puppy running across the fields in wild abandon and fathering another, then the years spent in his invalid mistress' bedroom in Wimpole Street.

How did Adeline Virginia Stephen become the great writer Virginia Woolf? Acclaimed biographer Gillian Gill tells the stories of the women whose legacies—of strength, style, and creativity—shaped Woolf’s path to the radical writing that inspires so many today. Gill casts back to Woolf’s French-Anglo-Indian maternal great-grandmother Thérèse de L’Etang, an outsider to English culture whose beauty passed powerfully down the female line; and to Woolf’s aunt Anne Thackeray Ritchie, who gave Woolf her first vision of a successful female writer.

Discover the remarkable life of Virginia Woolf.... Virginia Woolf ranks among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Embracing the Post-Impressionist times in which she lived, her novels reflect the artistic shift from romanticism to abstract. Plot mattered very little to Woolf. Her writing was a stream of consciousness outside of time and place. Her novels, including her best-known work, Mrs. Dalloway, invariably dwell on gender roles and the concept of reality.

1917. Virginia Woolf arrives at Asheham, on the Sussex Downs, immobilized by nervous exhaustion and creative block. 1930. Feeling jittery about her writing career, Sylvia Townsend Warner spots a modest workman’s cottage for sale on the Dorset coast. 1941. Rosamond Lehmann settles in a Berkshire village, seeking a lovers’ retreat, a refuge from war, and a means of becoming ‘a writer again’. Rural Hours tells the story of three very different women, each of whom moved to the country and were forever changed by it.

Willkommen in der intriganten Welt der Politik und Jurisprudenz: Da ist ein ebenso eingebildeter wie brillanter Strafverteidiger, der sich von seinen Mandanten teuer bezahlen lässt, aber nicht alles erkennt, was ihm persönlich droht.

Aristocrat, literary celebrity, ‘Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. In this stunning portrait of Vita Sackville-West, Matthew Dennison traces the triumph and contradictions of Vita's extraordinary life.

Partant de l'analyse des interdits misogynes, solides remparts d'une supériorité masculine dont la réalité paraît sérieusement ébranlée, Virginia Woolf définit les conditions d'existence et la spécificité de la création pour les femmes. Il faut d'abord "une chambre à soi", dont la portée va bien au-delà du matériel. Il suffit d'entrer dans n'importe quelle chambre de n'importe quelle rue pour que se jette à votre face toute cette force extrêmement complexe de la féminité.

Von Virginia Woolfs herzzerreißendem Abschiedsbrief an ihren Mann bis zum höchsteigenen Eierkuchen-Rezept von Queen Elizabeth II. an US-Präsident Eisenhower; von Gandhis Friedensersuch an Adolf Hitler bis zu Iggy Pops wundervollem Brief an einen jungen weiblichen Fan in Not, zelebriert und dokumentiert "Letters of Note" die Faszination der geschriebenen Korrespondenz mit all dem Humor, der Ernsthaftigkeit, der Traurigkeit und Verrücktheit, die unser Leben ausmachen. Prominente Autoren, Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler lassen die Briefe durch ihre Stimmen lebendig werden.

La relación entre Virginia Woolf y la excentricidad era peculiar. "Desde el primer momento se vio que ella era incalculable, excéntrica y propensa a los accidentes", señala su sobrino, el historiador de arte Quentin Bell. Su aspecto, su ropa y, en suma, ella misma podían generar impresiones encontradas. "Tenía una presencia que la volvía notable de inmediato", dice Madge Garland, legendaria editora de Vogue, al recordar la primera vez que la vio, en los años veinte.

Virginia Woolf es considerada como una de las más destacadas figuras del modernismo literario del siglo XX.  

Nel luglio del 1916, Garsington, la villa di campagna della patrona delle arti Ottoline Morrell, non è solo un rifugio per obiettori di coscienza in piena Prima guerra mondiale, ma un vero e proprio teatro dove, settimana dopo settimana, approda «una compagnia di giro», pronta a esibirsi senza pudore. C’è chi legge Keats ad alta voce, chi dipinge nudi en plein air, chi alleva maiali, chi scrive opuscoli contro la leva obbligatoria.

Based on diaries, letters, and other contemporary accounts, these five miniature biographies allow us unparalleled intimacy with women of genius in their hours of domestic ease and inner vulnerability. Shaggy Muses also enchants us with a pack of new friends: Flush, Keeper, Carlo, Foxy, Linky, Grizzle, Pinka, and all the other devoted canines who loved and served these great writers.

I det første afsnit introduceres først vi til den verden, Virginia Woolf voksede op i, og herefter guider Lise Lotte Frederiksen kyndigt lytteren igennem Woolf’s store roman ‘Mrs. Dalloway’. I denne podcast fortæller Lise Lotte Frederiksen med sin velkendte nerve og sans for detaljer om Virginia Woolf - den måske største moderne kvindelige forfatter. Woolf er anerkendt for at være forud for sin tid i både indhold og skrivestil og fik sit store folkelige gennembrud med romanen, Mrs. Dalloway (1925).

I det andet afsnit handler det om den eksperimenterede roman ‘To the Lighthouse’ (1927), som på dansk hedder ’Til fyret’. Den delvist selvbiografiske roman regnes for at være en af Woolf’s absolutte hovedværker. Her kan du høre Lise Lotte Frederiksens indsigtsfulde udlægning og fortælling derom. I denne podcast fortæller Lise Lotte Frederiksen med sin velkendte nerve og sans for detaljer om Virginia Woolf - den måske største moderne kvindelige forfatter.

I fjerde og sidste afsnit vender Lise Lotte Frederiksen igen tilbage til at beskrive Virginia Woolfs liv, hendes relationer, hendes selvmord og ikke mindst hendes eftermæle. I denne podcast fortæller Lise Lotte Frederiksen med sin velkendte nerve og sans for detaljer om Virginia Woolf - den måske største moderne kvindelige forfatter. Woolf er anerkendt for at være forud for sin tid i både indhold og skrivestil og fik sit store folkelige gennembrud med romanen, Mrs. Dalloway (1925).

I det tredje afsnit sætter Lise Lotte Frederiksen fokus på Woolfs essays, heriblandt ‘A room of one’s own’ (‘Eget værelse’) og det senere hen berømte teaterstykke ‘Orlando’. I denne podcast fortæller Lise Lotte Frederiksen med sin velkendte nerve og sans for detaljer om Virginia Woolf - den måske største moderne kvindelige forfatter. Woolf er anerkendt for at være forud for sin tid i både indhold og skrivestil og fik sit store folkelige gennembrud med romanen, Mrs. Dalloway (1925).

Aunque más conocido entre nosotros por haber sido el esposo de la mítica escritora, Leonard Woolf fue, por derecho propio, una de las personalidades más notables de su tiempo. Editor, escritor y político, su polifacética e intensa vida contiene todo el esplendor y la tragedia del siglo XX, del que es sin duda uno de sus más conspicuos representantes.