Sentencing Orlando: Virginia Woolf and the Morphology of the Modernist Sentence

Description: Sentencing Orlando by Elsa Hogberg, Amy Bromley Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The present collection of 16 original essays offers fresh perspectives on Orlando through a unique attention to Woolfs sentences. Publisher Description Highlights the dazzling variety of interconnected styles and contexts of Virginia Woolfs Orlando, by examining its key sentencesIf the line is the privileged semantic unit in verse, we could ask whether the sentence plays the same role in prose. This possibility holds particular relevance for Virginia Woolfs Orlando: A Biography, which presents an intriguing collage of different sentence styles. The present collection of 16 original essays offers fresh perspectives on Orlando through a unique attention to Woolfs sentences. By focusing on single sentences in order to address the books many interlacing connections between aesthetics and context, it aims to recuperate Orlando as one of Woolfs most dynamic textual experiments. To what extent does Orlando enact a politics of the sentence? How does Woolfs manipulation of generic, gendered, sexual and racial boundaries play out on the level of the sentence? These are some of the questions that this timely volume engages. Contributors include: Jane de Gay, Jane Goldman, Vassiliki Kolocotroni, Randi Koppen and Steven Putzel.Key FeaturesOffers fresh close readings of Woolfs Orlando on the level of the sentence, and draws out the sentence as an important textual unit as well as thematic and contextual conceptPresents the first book-length study of the novel in a readable and engaging format, combining forceful intellect and research with an alertness to the texts unique playfulnessCovers a wide range of topics including sexuality, gender, materiality, intimacy, nationality, colonialism, religiosity, theatricality and literary intertextualityDemonstrates the value for literary studies of a methodological focus on single sentences that combines readings of contextual history, politics, gender, and art with close textual analysis Author Biography Elsa Hgberg is Research Fellow at the Department of English, Uppsala University. She is the author of Virginia Woolf and the Ethics of Intimacy (2020) and co-editor, with Amy Bromley, of Sentencing Orlando: Virginia Woolf and the Morphology of the Modernist Sentence (Edinburgh University Press, 2018). Amy Bromley is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow specialising in Virginia Woolfs short texts. She has published scholarly reviews and articles in The Journal of the Short Story in English, Virginia Woolf Miscellany and Glasgow Review of Books. Details ISBN 1474414605 ISBN-13 9781474414609 Title Sentencing Orlando Author Elsa Hogberg, Amy Bromley Format Hardcover Year 2018 Pages 232 Publisher Edinburgh University Press GE_Item_ID:133508513; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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