VIRGINIA WOOLF - A BRIEF GLANCE ON HER LIFE, WORKS AND STYLE.

INTRODUCTION The stream of consciousness is a narrative technique on which so many writers have given their views whether they are essayist, novelists etc, but the most well known is Virginia Woolf who is considered as the forerunner of this style of writing. "Influenced by the works of French writer Marcel Proust and Irish writer James Joyce, among others, Woolf strove to create a literary form that would convey inner life. To this end, she elaborated a technique known as stream of consciousness"  (Bouzid) Richardson is the pioneer of the stream of consciousness technique. He is the first 20th century British author to publish a full length stream of consciousness novel Pointed Roofs. On one side was the little grey river, on the other long wet grass repelling and depressing. Not far ahead was the roadway which led, she supposed to the farm where they were to drink new milk. She would have to walk with someone when they came on the road, and talk. She wond...

"Virginia Woolf /Through the Looking Gla"(CC BY -SA 2.0) by Christiaan Tonnis “She suffered from major onslaughts of the illness and in almost all (possibly all) of these attacks she attempted to kill herself.”  (Lee, Hermione) She had ample problems starting from depression, anxiety or a sudden faint, headache, back ache, an attack of influenza or a high temperature. A reluctance to eat and severe weight loss was one of the most extreme symptom out of these physical problems.  Her first breakdown took place in the year 1895 after Julia’s death. The treatment and remedies which she has provided in later life severely affected her personality, nature, behaviour, writing and politics. Ultimately her illness has become her language. Later it was came to know that her physical condition was badly torturing her soul and mind. She tried to kill herself by jumping out of the window.  She started hearing horrible voices after her first nervous breakdown....

INTRODUCTION Here the question is, does the age of the author affects his or her personality ? And the answer is 'yes', Why not. Here the age doesn't mean numerical or physical but the period in which the author belongs to, here Woolf belongs to the Modern age.          This particular blog will help to understand that how sometimes  author’s own experiences and moods are reflected in their writings, due to their roots from that particular era which helps to peep inside the author’s soul and their hidden wishes or grievances. In short it can be said that the background of literary age plays an important role in building the authors thoughts and perceptions towards the particular situation.                                                     "1970's inventions that changed our way" (CC BY-ND 2.0) by brizzle born and bre...