Three Guineas (Annotated) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This ebook includes a biographical introduction, a short, critical analysis of Woolf's career and a brief introduction to this work.Originally published in 1938 by Hogarth, Three Guineas is a work of non-fiction composed of replies to three imaginary letters, the first asking Woolf how to prevent war, the second asking her how women could enter the professions, and the third how women can become educated. While the latter themes are familiar enough to Woolf, the first is less so and is necessarily difficult for Woolf to advocate. As a feminist, she was against fascism because it advocated a society in which women play no part in public life, yet as a pacifist – she'd seen the effects of the First World War – she was opposed to waging war to fight it.Given when it was published and further the manner of its writing – it was intended to act as a counterpoint to the fictional elements of The Years – Three Guineas was a book Woolf could easily have left in manuscript form. That she didn't provides modern day readers with a record of her beliefs and how they might have developed in subsequent years. Similarities with the more pronounced feminism of the 1960s and 70s, not to mention the women's peace movement in later years should not be overlooked.