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To the Lighthouse

A Norton Critical Edition

Virginia Woolf author Margaret Homans editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:17th Nov '23

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To the Lighthouse cover

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

• The American edition of the novel, first published by Harcourt Brace in 1927, introduced and annotated by Margaret Homans.

• A 1924-28 chronology of To the Lighthouse’s composition, revision, publication and reception.

• A rich selection of background materials, thematically organized for ease of reference. Topics include: “Autobiographical Writings,” “Family and Other Contemporary Contexts and Sources,” “Essays by Virginia Woolf,” and “Literary Sources.”

• Nine critical assessments of To the Lighthouse, from publication to the present day, by Arthur Sydney McDowell, Louis Kronenberger, Mary Colum, Francis Brown, Erich Auerbach, Adrienne Rich, Rachel Bowlby, Pamela L. Caughie, and Urmila Seshagiri.

• A chronology and a selected bibliography

"Margaret Homans’ vision of To the Lighthouse is replete. A magnificent array of contexts complements the annotated text, including familial and literary sources for the novel; a chronology of its composition and reception; early reviews; and scholarly interpretations addressing gender, empire, and the role of the artist. The introduction considers the novel’s debt to philosophy, its structure and style, its revelation of the social changes wrought by World War I, and the effect of its Scottish setting. Having studied Woolf with Margaret Homans as an undergraduate, I am delighted that her thoughtful teaching is now widely available in this wonderful classroom edition." -- Emily Kopley, McGill University

ISBN: 9780393422597

Dimensions: 216mm x 130mm x 23mm

Weight: 318g

384 pages