In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immor...(展开全部)

This volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. A Room of One's Own， first published in 1929， is a witty， urbane and persuasive argument against the intellectual subjection of women， particularly women writers. The sequel， Three Guineas， is a passionate po...(展开全部)

In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immor...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1929， A Room of One s Own eloquently states Woolf s conviction that in order to create works of genius， women must be freed from financial obligations and social restrictions.

Originally published in 1929， A Room of One s Own eloquently states Woolf s conviction that in order to create works of genius， women must be freed from financial obligations and social restrictions.

Surprisingly, this long essay about society and art and sexism is one of Woolf's most accessible works. Woolf, a major modernist writer and critic, takes us on an erudite yet conversational--and completely entertaining--walk around the history of women in writing, smoothly comparing the architecture of sentences by the likes of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, all the while...(展开全部)

在这本错综复杂、私密性强、独具匠心的集体传记中，乔安娜-比格斯（Joanna Biggs）审视了八位女作家，她们在各自的一生中都在寻求自由和思想上的满足，她问道：为什么女性之间的相互阅读如此重要？通过阐明玛丽-沃斯通克拉夫特（Mary Wollstonecraft）、乔治-艾略特（George Eliot）、佐拉-尼尔-赫斯顿（Zora Neale Hurston）、弗吉尼亚-伍尔夫（Virginia Woolf）、西蒙娜-德-波伏娃（Simone de Beauvoir）、西尔维娅-普拉斯（Sylvia Plath）、托尼-莫里森（Toni Morrison）和埃琳娜-费兰特（Elena Ferrante）的动机、愿望和失望，比格斯为我们指明了一条超越传统女性目标和期望的道路，通往一种为自己而活的慷慨而快乐的生活。 In this intricat...(展开全部)

A piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves—and how others might do the same. The day I took my wedding ring off for the last time—a gold band with half a line of “Morning Song” by Sylvia Plath etched inside—my thumb at first kept on reaching across my palm for the warm brig...(展开全部)