Critic Louise DeSalvo
calls A Sketch of the Pastthe bravest writing task that she had ever set out to accomplish.
DeSalvo, Louise. Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work. Beacon Press, 1989.
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VW
is, she says, a pioneer in exploring the effects of her abuse...
Textual Production
Virginia Woolf
Composition of The Voyage Out stretched over nine years, and VW
produced several versions of the text, including those she burned. Scholars Louise DeSalvo
and Elizabeth Heine
, working separately on materials in the Berg Collection
Violence
Virginia Woolf
Mark Hussey writes that the incest that Woolf suffered has been variously euphemized by several of her biographers and other critics.
Hussey, Mark. Virginia Woolf A to Z. Facts on File, 1995.
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Hermione Lee, who sees George as one of the tyrants in VW
's...