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British Library: 20th Century: Literature 1900 1950
Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.
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British Library: 20th Century: Gender and Sexuality
Discover how 20th-century literature explored, questioned, and exploded traditional ideas of gender roles and sexuality.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Power and Conflict
Find out how war and conflict shaped literature throughout the 20th century.
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British Library: 20th Century: Mrs Dalloway: Exploring Consciousness
Elaine Showalter describes how, in Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf uses stream of consciousness to enter the minds of her characters and portray cultural and individual change in the period following the First World War.
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British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Virginia Woolf
This site provides links to the full text of three novels by Virginia Woolf: Jacob's Room, Night and Day, and The Voyage Out.
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University of Alabama: Virginia Woolf Seminar
This University of Alabama site offers a wealth of material on Woolf. In addition to the customary biography, links take you to comments and analyses of several of her novels, an essay on "Men and Women" written by Woolf, and an essay on...
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Virginia Woolf Blog: Timeline of Virginia Woolf's Life
This is a timeline of Virginia Woolf's life beginning at her birth in 1882 and continuing through her life events and her writings until her death on April 18, 1941 by suicide.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Complication
Notes that introduce complication in plot and show examples of how the conflict becomes more complicated throughout the rising action of a story. Examples are provided from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Virginia Woolf's "The Duchess and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sentence Length and Style
Notes introducing how author's vary the length of sentences in order to express their voice and style. Examples from three literary texts are provided, "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Hills Like White Elephants" by...
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Deep South Magazine: Similarities Between Virginia Woolf and Doris Lessing
This site contains an essay which compares the famous authors Doris Lessing and Virginia Woolf. Good discussion of these authors and their use of self-representation and autobiographical works.
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Lit Charts: Stream of Consciousness
Explains what is meant by the term 'stream of consciousness' and where it originated. The characteristics of stream of consciousness are described, its history in literature, how it differs from 'interior monologue,' and examples of its...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Virginia Woolf?
How best can we understand the internal experience of alienation? In both her essays and her fiction, Virginia Woolf shapes the slippery nature of subjective experience into words, while her characters frequently lead inner lives that...
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology: Twentieth Century Topics
Explore the world of Twentieth Century British literature through this informative site. Find out how and why Georgian and Modernism movements developed. Includes a quiz.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1922, one publication is Jacob's Room. This story was written by Virginia Woolf.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Women Writers
This guide will help students explore the lives and works of women writers using our Discovering Literature website.[PDF]
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Twentieth Century British Literature
This introductory note to 20th century British literature presents links to informative sites for student research and lists of authors.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
The full text of the novel Night and Day by Virginia Woolf. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Classic Reader: The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
Read the full text of Virginia Woolf's first novel "The Voyage Out". Follow the main character on a literal and figurative voyage of self-discovery.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Epithet
The lesson introduces epithets and goes over how epithets are used in writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Virginia Woolf: Her Life and Works
This site offers a detailed timeline of Woolf's life and the publication of her work.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Katherine Mansfield
A biographical sketch of New Zealand-born British fiction writer Katherine Mansfield, a contemporary of Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence.
Curated OER
The New York Times: Heroine Worship Virginia Woolf
An article from "The New York Times Magazine" that provides perspective in examining the role of Woolf in women's literature and lives.
Curated OER
National Portrait Gallery: Great Britons: Virginia Woolf
Sepia-toned portrait of the young Virginia Woolf.