by Ruth Gruber
T
Tauchnitz Press, Leipzig, 3, 22
time, in the novel, 112-115, 116-117, 125
one day, 130-131
To the Lighthouse, 90, 114-123, 142, 154
To the New Spirit of Literature (Nicolson), 117
tolerance, of differing styles, 102, 124, 155 tradition vs. originality, 67, 96-98
Turner, Philip, 163, 167
Twain, Mark, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 114
U
Ulalume (Poe), 85
Ulysses (Joyce), 91, 95-96
Urn Burial (Browne), 90-91
V
values, social, 140
feminine, 140-143
Voyage Out, The, 84-85, 86, 124, 132, 139
comparison with Night and Day, 68-76
W
The Waves, 10, 17, 88, 124-139, 132, 140, 141, 155
Webb, Ruth, 30 The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hull), 153
West, Margaret, 23-24, 28, 42, 43
window, as literary device, 143-144
Woolf, Leonard, 1-5, 3, 5, 166
devotion to Virginia, 35, 35-36
Downhill All the Way, 34
Woolf, Virginia
anti-Semitism, 35
correspondence, see correspondence
diaries, 25-26, 31, 32, 34 and papers,
acquisition of, 165-167
Letters of Virginia Woolf Volume Five 1932-1935, 29-30
mental illness, see mental illness; suicide, of Woolf
works of. see Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown; A Room of One’s Own; Jacob’s Room; Mrs. Dalloway; Night and Day; Orlando; The Common Reader; The Voyage Out; The Waves; The Years; To the Lighthouse
Wordsworth, William, 87
World War II Europe, 3-5, 6-7, 8-9, 12-16, 19
Writers Workshop, 168
Y
Yamaguchi, Liesl, 167
The Years, 27, 33-34
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
My Hours with Virginia Woolf
Historical Documents
Letter from Peggy Belsher of Hogarth Press to Ruth Gruber, Dec. 16, 1931
Letter of Recommendation from Barnes & Noble editor A. W. Littlefield, Feb. 25, 1933
Letter from Ruth Gruber to Virginia Woolf, May 8, 1935
Letter from M. West of Hogarth Press to Ruth Gruber, May 17, 1935
Letter from Ruth Gruber to M. West of Hogarth Press, May 28, 1935
Letter from Virginia Woolf to Ruth Gruber, June 21, 1935
Letter from Virginia Woolf to Ruth Gruber, Oct. 12, 1935
Letter from Ruth Gruber to Virginia Woolf, Dec. 27, 1935
Letter from Virginia Woolf to Ruth Gruber, Jan. 10, 1936
Promotional booklet for lecture bureau representing Dr. Ruth Gruber
Letter from Nigel Nicolson to Ai'da Lovell (for Ruth Gruber), Aug. 31, 1989
Letter from Ruth Gruber to Nigel Nicolson, Sept. 15, 1989
Letter from Nigel Nicolson to Ruth Gruber, Sept. 25, 1989
Virginia Woolf: A Study
Chapter One--The Poet versus the Critic
Chapter Two--The Struggle for a Style
Chapter Three--Literary Influences: The Formation of a Style
Chapter Four--The Style Completed and The Thought Implied
Chapter Five--"The Waves"--the Rhythm of Conflicts
Chapter Six--The Will to Create as a Woman
A Mystery Solved
Index
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