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Considered one of the best of the Modernist writers, Virginia Woolf’s own life has been almost as intriguing as her fiction. Troubled by mental instability for most of her life, Virginia composed her great works in bursts of manic energy and with the support of her brilliant friends and family. However, upon completion of a book, Virginia fell into a dangerously dark depression in anticipation of the world’s reaction to her work. Despite her personal ...
Literature, like any art form, engages the reader in a complex set of emotional, symbolic, moral, intellectual and social considerations. It uses the normal means of communication--language, images, symbols, codes, stories--but uses them with more complexity and subtlety than is normal in everyday communications. This book is mainly aimed at the students of literature who desire to study literature not only as a part of their curricula but wish to take up ...