A room of one's own

Resource Information

The work A room of one's own represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A room of one's own

Statement of responsibility

Virginia Woolf ; annotated and with an introduction by Susan Gubar ; Mark Hussey, General editor

Creator

• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

Contributor

• Hussey, Mark, 1956-
• Gubar, Susan, 1944-

Annotator

• Gubar, Susan, 1944-

Author

• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

Editor

• Hussey, Mark, 1956-

Writer of introduction

• Gubar, Susan, 1944-

Subject

• Authorship -- Sex differences
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Great Britain
• Literature -- Women authors | History and criticism | Theory, etc
• Women and literature
• Women and literature -- Great Britain
• Women authors -- Economic conditions
• Women authors -- Economic conditions
• Women authors -- Social conditions
• Women authors -- Social conditions
• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Authorship
• Authorship
• Authorship -- Sex differences

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But had she been allowed to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immoral sibling. In this classic essay, Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none. Her message is simple: A woman must have an income and a room of her own in order to have the freedom to create. -- Back cover
• Describes the domestic obligations, social limitations, and economic factors that impede literary creativity in women, in the story of William Shakespeare's sister, who never expresses her genius until she dies by her own hand

Member of

• Harvest book

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.912

Index

no index present

Interest level

UG

LC call number

PR6045.O72

LC item number

Z474 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

8.2

Series statement

Harvest book

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR