Rachel Bowlby's acclaimed book on Virginia Woolf now appears with five new essays which
look at Woolf in a number of new frames-as a woman essayist; as a city writer and critic of
modern culture; and as a writer on love. Rachel Bowlby shows, with inimitable critical
panache, how it is that Woolf's writing, in its many forms and fashions, continues to provide
rich matter for thinking about the histories and futures of women, writing and culture.

Rachel Bowlby's anthology of articles conjures up the enormous richness and variety of
recent work that returns to Woolf not so much for final answers as for insights into questions
about writing, literary traditions and the differences of the sexes. The collection includes
pieces by such well-known writers as Gillian Beer, Mary Jacobus, Peggy Kamuf and
Catharine Stimpson. With a substantial Introduction, headnotes to each piece and full
supporting material, this volume provides an ideal guide to Woolf and her place in modern …