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Overview
Holly Henry investigates how advances in astronomy in the early twentieth century influenced Woolf's literature and aesthetics and the work of such modernist British writers as Vita Sackville-West, H.G. Wells, and T.S. Eliot. In re-evaluating the cultural context out of which Modernism emerged, Henry contends that Woolf formulated a global vision that helped shape her fiction and her pacifist politics through her fascination with astronomy. Henry's study includes revealing examinations of unpublished scientific and literary archival material.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521119870
- ISBN-10: 0521119871
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: September 2009
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.51 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.74 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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