"Virginia Woolf Smiling ? Surely not..." (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Spratmackrel "Sigmund Freud" (CC BY 2.0) by immugmania VIRGINIA AND FREUD Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856 whereas Virginia Woolf was born almost a quater of a century later in 1882. So basically Freud was 26 years older than her. He was a father of psychoanalysis. FREUD'S IMPACT ON LITERATURE There is a great impact of Freud’s theories on twentieth century literature. One can hardly find any area of literature which Freudian’s theory have left untouched. It can be said that because of Freud’s theories only, one can understand and appreciate the difficult poems, novels and plays than to write new ones. People can understand the complex play of Hamlet far better because of Freud’s psychoanalytical theories. VIRGINIA'S PROBLEM WITH FREUD So if everything is ok then why Virginia has problem with Freud? The problem lies with the thinking of Freud towards female...
This blog will help the readers to understand Woolf's critical style of writing and her works.