Virginia Woolf and the Discourse of Science: The Aesthetics of Astronomy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521812979)

Holly Henry investigates how advances in astronomy in the early twentieth century influenced Woolf's literature and aesthetics and the work of such modernist British writers as Vita Sackville-West, H.G. Wells, and T.S. Eliot. In re-evaluating the cultural context out of which Modernism emerged, Henry contends that Woolf formulated a global vision that helped shape her fiction and her pacifist politics through her fascination with astronomy. Henry's study includes revealing examinations of unpublished scientific and literary archival material.

Author: Holly Henry
ISBN-10: 0521812976
ISBN-13: 9780521812979
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2003
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.16w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 907