This extensively annotated edition of Virgina Woolf’s last novel is based on the text of the first English edition, emended on the basis of a comparison of it with her final typescript.
Represents an authoritative new edition of one of Virgina Woolf’s most challenging and subtle books, and the first of her books to be published posthumously.
Features the text of the first English edition of Between the Acts, emended on the basis of a comparison of it with Woolf’s final typescript .
Contains an introduction and extensive notes, which demonstrate that in writing the book, Woolf drew upon a capacious memory filled by a lifetime of reading, writing, listening and observing.
Forms part of the prestigious Shakespeare Head Press series of Woolf's works.
About the Author
Susan Dick is Professor of English at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. She has edited To the Lighthouse: The Original Holograph Draft (1982), The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf (1985/89) and To the Lighthouse (1992), and is the author of Virginia Woolf (1989).
Mary S. Millar, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, is a co-editor of Benjamin Disraeli's Letters, volumes III to VII (1987–2003).
Features
Represents an authoritative new edition of one of Virgina Woolf’s most challenging and subtle books, and the first of her books to be published posthumously.
Features the text of the first English edition of Between the Acts, emended on the basis of a comparison of it with Woolf’s final typescript .
Contains an introduction and extensive notes, which demonstrate that in writing the book, Woolf drew upon a capacious memory filled by a lifetime of reading, writing, listening and observing.
Forms part of the prestigious Shakespeare Head Press series of Woolf's works.
