An accessible introduction to a writer whose work is of timeless significance and whose unconventional life is a continous source of fascination, by the winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2010
Alexandra Harris studied at Oxford and at the Courtauld Institute in London, and worked at Christie's for a year before returning to Oxford to write a doctorate on art and literature in the 1930s. She is now a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool, running courses on Modernism and American writing, and leading the MA in Contemporary Literature. Her first full-length book, Romantic Moderns, was the winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award. Alexandra Harris was also a winner in the BBC's 'New Generation Thinkers' contest in 2011.
'Harris gives vivid, succinct accounts of the astonishingly varied
novels … [Her] lively appreciation makes you hungry to read the
wilder Woolf' - Independent
'Harris tells the story crisply and with personality, and the book
is beautifully produced' - Guardian
'Bestselling writer Alexandra Harris brings a new richness to a
familiar narrative … a masterclass in the art of slimming down
scholarship without dumbing it down' - Sussex Life
'A wonderfully perceptive, unpretentious study which is pacy in
style, riveting in content and perfectly accessible to the most
obdurate Woolf-avoider … by the final page Harris has made you
desperate to tackle the novels, to get stuck in and to submerge
yourself in Woolf’s unmistakable, wholly original and imaginative
responses to the world' - Daily Mail (Book of the Week)
'A miracle of clarity and concision' - Washington Post
'Harris's [book] is a pencil sketch in clear brisk lines. As an
introduction to Woolf, Harris's study will do very well: she writes
beautifully, with an eye for lucid detail' - Sunday Times
'The critical evaluations of Woolf's novels are elegant and
searching; the analysis of Orlando is especially acute ... an ideal
introduction' - Financial Times
'An enjoyable potted account of a fascinating life lived during a
fast-changing period of history ... Dr Harris is a supple writer,
easy to read, and packs a lot in' - Country Life
'Superlative, interesting and accessible read about a truly
fascinating author and the books she wrote. ...As a biography this
is both extremely moving and also enlightening' - Parent Talk
'Harris presents a Woolf for the early 21st century ... Harris
achieves what she set out to do with considerable aplomb' - The
Spectator
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