Título: Jacob's Room: A Norton Critical Edition
Autor: Virginia Woolf
Sinopse: Jacob Flanders is a young man passing from adolescence to adulthood in a hazy rite of passage. From his boyhood on the windswept shores of Cornwall to his days as a student at Cambridge, his elusive, chameleon-like character is gradually revealed in a stream of loosely related incidents and impressions: whether through his mother's letters, his friend's conversations, or the thoughts of the women who adore him. Then we glimpse him as a young man, caught under the glare of a London streetlamp. It is 1914, he is twenty-six, and Europe is on the brink of war... This tantalizing novel heralded Woolf's bold departure from the traditional methods of the novel, with its experimental play between time and reality, memory and desire. A generous "Contexts" section provides extracts from Woolf's diaries and letters as well as comments on the novel from her fellow writers and friends, among them E. M. Forster and T. S. Eliot. Also included are the short stories "The Mark on the Wall," "Kew Gardens," and "An Unwritten Novel," which Woolf viewed as early experiments with the innovative method used in Jacob's Room. An additional short story, "A Woman's College from Outside," which Woolf originally intended to be Chapter 10 of Jacob's Room, is also included. Finally, Woolf's classic essay "Modern Novels," written shortly before she began work on Jacob's Room, provides insight into her aesthetic and technique. "Criticism" is divided into two sections: "Contemporary Reception and Reviews" contains personal responses to the novel, from Lytton Strachey and E. M. Forster, as well as eleven reviews from contemporary periodicals. "Critical Essays" offers insightful interpretations by Judy Little, Alex Zwerdling, Kate Flint, Kathleen Wall, and Edward L. Bishop. A Selected Bibliography is also included.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Jacob’s Room: A Norton Critical Edition”, de Virginia Woolf, publicado pela editora W. W. Norton & Company, em 2007 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: W. W. Norton & Company
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2007
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Linguagem: inglês
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ISBN13: 9780393926323
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora W. W. Norton & Company oferecem uma experiência de leitura que combina rigor acadêmico com acessibilidade, frequentemente apresentando obras que dialogam com história, ciência e cultura contemporânea. O catálogo revela uma tendência a publicar textos que exploram temas complexos, como política, economia global, biografias detalhadas e debates filosóficos, sempre com um olhar que privilegia a profundidade e o contexto. As narrativas podem variar do ensaio crítico ao relato documental, incluindo também memórias e análises históricas, com um tom que ora é didático, ora reflexivo, mas sempre fundamentado em pesquisa sólida. Essa diversidade permite ao leitor transitar entre obras que são mais narrativas e outras que adotam um formato mais informativo e analítico.
