A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf | Book Discussion
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
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I love this book, I still remember reading for the first time and that bit about Shakespeare's sister just blowing me away. Virginia Woolf - schooling silly teenagers in feminism since 1929!
+books and pieces now I'm just wishing I could have Woolf as a lecturer at uni - she would have been a fascinating women to have a conversation with ^_^
+Jean Bookishthoughts Oh my goodness, can you imagine! I feel like she'd have been so scary to approach but then totally amazing at explaining everything and constantly pushing people to write more kickass stuff for publication. Like, you disagree with this journal article - great! Write your thoughts and we'll send them in, fight the bastards!
+books and pieces definitely - she'd be one of those lecturers that you fear talking to but always gives the best advice and discussion! And more lecturers definitely need to be pushing their students to write and write more than just the bare minimum for their course. Oh no, now we're going to have to travel back in time.
Curiously enough, I read this in a university history course to make us lowly undergrads aware that the views/accounts of history have predominately been recorded by men. Then was lucky enough to read Mrs Dalloway in the following semester, for an Literature course. I think approaching this from a historical perspective (before reading any of Woolf's work) made me appreciate her writing, not only for the experimental narrative and structure, but as examples of strong female narratives.
I am loving being a part of your book club!
+The Novel Nomad she really is an important writer isn't she - for her observations on women's past in writing and her own contributions. It is so sad when you think about it how dominated by the male voice history is.
History is incredibly male dominated, and when I studied it at Uni I was disappointed for the lecturers preference for male biographies or textbooks.
I absolutely adore A Room of One's Own and want to read more of Woolf's work. :)
+Abby Reads definitely same here now ^_^
I am loving the experience of reading and discussing the texts in the feminist orchestra. This was my first experience of reading Virginia Woolf, and I was really engaged by her writing and ideas - I loved the quote you read at the end x
+SwirlyGirlyReads so glad to hear it ^_^ same, I know she is pretty famous but I didn't know what to expect from her prose so I'm glad they were so engaging!
I absolutely LOVE A Room of One's Own! I read Mrs Dalloway a while before, which is amazing, too.
I can't wait to read more of her stuff :)
I love "A Room of One's Own", I've read it countless time, but I always feel energised after every re-read. Also loving the book club, it's great seeing all the review videos pop up in my subscription feed :)
+Claire Quigley (ClaireQuip Reads) I think this will definitely be a book I reread too ☺️ and I'm so glad to hear you're enjoying the book club! Means a lot.
Virginia Woolf is utterly amazing - I haven't read this yet, but I loved both Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. Thank you for making this video :) it was very insightful
+Christy Anne Jones I can't wait to read more of her stuff - To the Lighthouse is also high on my TBR ^_^ glad you enjoyed the video!
Incredible essay, what an intelligent woman, love Woolf
I always find some delicious brain food when I watch your videos! I feel that Virginia Woolf is an extraordinary writer and a lot of it has to do with her range with how she sees herself in the world. We read "The Mark on the Wall" in British Literature II and then went over it on our show. It is quite interesting how we tend to think a lot about the things that are not what we were intending to think about. As for these books, though, I feel that it is unfortunately the truth how women have not had a strong voice in early literature and even if you look biblically, it is male dominated. Are you familiar with the omitted story about Lilith and her role as Adam's first wife? It really alters the way you perceive the story of Adam and Eve. While I have yet to read this essay (Kelsea from our channel has read and enjoyed it), I really get the point that Woolf is trying to make with what she feels women need to do in order to have their voices heard. It all comes down to the role they play in the field of arts and humanities. Most historians tend to be male, but I feel that females are definitely taking part in the field of history and they should be encouraged to take part in reporting their studies the way they feel is most accurate. Either way, every field should bear equal responsibility without the factor of any kind of bias, and I feel that this is much more possible in today's day and age. I want to read Orlando by Virginia Woolf, which I picked up, and was going to place on our reading list, but we found other works instead. I do want to read this on my own, though. Thank you for sharing! -Josh
This was honestly a great video essay. Loved it!
The humor definitely went over my head when I read it in high school - I really enjoyed rereading it! I was fascinated by her point about anger, but ultimately disagree with her, too
+Rae Sterling yeah it was interesting to read about though I agree, I wonder if it is just her personal taste in literature or if it is an idea that has something to do with the time she is living/writing or some other factors?
+Jean Bookishthoughts Yeah! I wonder that, too. It reminds me of today, though, also, when emotional women aren't taken seriously - told they're just "PMS-ing" - and have to say things calmly to get their point heard, while men can rage and they're just seen as "passionate" about whatever they're talking about.
+Rae Sterling yes! There is such stigma surrounding it even today that I can't imagine how drilled into people and women it was at that time. I've been reading about Woolf and that she was sexually abused by her half brother - I can only imagine the backlash she received from speaking out about that. Definitely need to read more of her work and even some non-fiction on her life to perhaps understand her fully.
Great review! The same as you, I don't agree with everything that Virginia Woolf wrote in this book (especially the anger issue that you mentioned), but I think it's a fantastic book with a lot of important messages that still apply to today's situation (sadly).
I used so many tabs while reading this, but I would like to mention two of my favourite passages.
One is the part where she imagines Judith Shakespeare's life, so different from that of her brother just because she was not a man.
The other one is a passage where she reflects on how curious it is that based only on books and the female characters that male authors have created, women appear to be as great as, or even greater than men, which was not the actual idea that existed in these author's societies.
This was a great choice for the bookclub, very thought-provoking :)
+Castaway Lookingforahome I did love the Judith Shakespeare image! Such a simple yet effective way of showing the difference in opportunity for men and women despite no difference in their desire and capabilities for creative pursuits. Glad you enjoyed the book too ^_^ I'm glad we read it, gave me the push to finally read some Virginia Woolf and man have I been missing out haha.
Great book and great review - I agree with you about the anger issue. Maybe she was afraid because angry women are called "crazy", "hysterical"... we're called "irrational" way more than men feeling anger.
+Tanira Maurer totally I think that's a really good point! Although I do think she believed what she said about anger being bad for writing I think it was something enforced into her by her male dominated society. Accusing groups and people of irrational anger seems to be such a common tactic to undermine their grievances especially when it comes to suppressed groups, grrr.
Are you reading a lot of Alice Walker? I remember reading The Colour Purple in school :)
Great book review!
+Dr Mike we don't have another one on the reading list just now because I want to make sure we read lots of different people but I'm loving this one so is be more than happy to read more of her for the book club down the line ☺️
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+Grace Juel haha thanks :)