{"product_id":"room-of-ones-own-the-voyage-out-w10","title":"Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own \u0026 The Voyage Out (Wordsworth Classics) [2012] paperback","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e (1929) has become a classic feminist essay and perhaps Virginia Woolf's best known work; \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out \u003c\/i\u003e(1915) is highly significant as her first novel. Both focus on the place of women within the power structures of modern society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essay lays bare the woman artist's struggle for a voice, since throughout history she has been denied the social and economic independence assumed by men. Woolf's prescription is clear: if a woman is to find creative expression equal to a man's, she must have an independent income, and a room of her own. This is both an acute analysis and a spirited rallying cry; it remains surprisingly resonant and relevant in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel explores these issues more personally, through the character of Rachel Vinrace, a young woman whose 'voyage out' to South America opens up powerful encounters with her fellow-travellers, men and women. As she begins to understand her place in the world, she finds the happiness of love, but also sees its brute power. Woolf has a sharp eye for the comedy of English manners in a foreign milieu; but the final undertow of the novel is tragic as, in some of her finest writing, she calls up the essential isolation of the human spirit.","brand":"Woolf, Virginia \u0026 Minogue, Dr Sally \u0026 Carabine, Dr Keith (University Of Kent A","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48663461167443,"sku":"XE81840226799","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51612863299923,"sku":"XV81840226799","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42052699848889,"sku":"9781840226799","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/woolf-virginia-minogue-dr-sally-carabine-dr-keith-university-of-kent-a-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-one-s-own-the-voyage-out-wordsworth-classics-2012-paperback-1184195785.jpg?v=1755025160","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/room-of-ones-own-the-voyage-out-w10","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}