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On Being Ill by Woolf, Virginia (poetry language & illness in her humorous work)
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Virginia Woolf confronts the taboos of illness, then shows how this common experience transforms perception.
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Publisher
Paris Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1930464061
ISBN-13
9781930464063
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Product Key Features
Book Title
On Being Ill
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Essays, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Literary Criticism, Psychology, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr6045.O72o5 2002
Reviews
The essay has the virtue of suggesting an origin for [Virginia Woolf's] impassioned, circumnavigatory style: her racing, feverish mind." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW I'd assign my students to read, ten times daily, the first sentence of Virginia Woolf's brilliant and beautiful essay On Being Ill -- until they learned to appreciate the full potential, the dazzling glory, and the clarity of the complex sentence…. [D]elicate but powerful… an effecting, resonant recapitulation and illustration of the inadequacy and superfluity of language in our efforts to describe human suffering." Francine Prose, BOOK FORUM A most unusual and long-neglected reverie on illness, language and poetry -- reprinted by the sterling Paris Press…. Woolf lets her consciousness roam over the unpredictable terrain of sickness -- the sick body, the sick mind -- and how difficult it is for us to find words to describe this altered state. This is a brilliant and odd book, charged with restrained emotion and sudden humor." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW Examining her own familiarity with illness, Woolf undertakes a rigorous, compassionate, and droll investigation of how illness shapes the identity of a sick patient, particularly the invalid, not only affecting his or her perceptions of the world but also awakening the helplessness of being unable to convey those perceptions, or the effects of illness, to other. […] Because of its enduring relevance, On Being Ill is a necessary and compelling read. The slender and striking hardbound edition from Paris Press gives an old text new life." YALE JOURNAL FOR HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE #145;On Being Ill' is one of those peculiarly fascinating essays that Woolf wrote which defy categorization: part mediation, part autobiography and part critical analysis; it refuses to be pigeon-holed. […] I have no hesitation in recommending this new edition…. Paris Press is a non-profit organization and is to be congratulated on this splendid publication. If you do not already have this essay in your collection, this is a must." VIRGINIA WOOLF BULLETIN This new and beautiful reprinting by Paris Press, a small nonprofit house in Massachusetts, replicates design elements of the Hogarth edition, including Vanessa Bell's cover art. It also contains a superb introduction by literary scholar and biographer Hermione Lee, who considers #145;On Being Ill' one of Woolf's #145;most daring, strange, and original essays.' " JOURNAL OF CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, "The essay has the virtue of suggesting an origin for [Virginia Woolf's] impassioned, circumnavigatory style: her racing, feverish mind." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "I'd assign my students to read, ten times daily, the first sentence of Virginia Woolf's brilliant and beautiful essay On Being Ill - until they learned to appreciate the full potential, the dazzling glory, and the clarity of the complex sentence.... [D]elicate but powerful... an effecting, resonant recapitulation and illustration of the inadequacy and superfluity of language in our efforts to describe human suffering." Francine Prose, BOOK FORUM "A most unusual and long-neglected reverie on illness, language and poetry - reprinted by the sterling Paris Press.... Woolf lets her consciousness roam over the unpredictable terrain of sickness - the sick body, the sick mind - and how difficult it is for us to find words to describe this altered state. This is a brilliant and odd book, charged with restrained emotion and sudden humor." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Examining her own familiarity with illness, Woolf undertakes a rigorous, compassionate, and droll investigation of how illness shapes the identity of a sick patient, particularly the invalid, not only affecting his or her perceptions of the world but also awakening the helplessness of being unable to convey those perceptions, or the effects of illness, to other. [...] Because of its enduring relevance, On Being Ill is a necessary and compelling read. The slender and striking hardbound edition from Paris Press gives an old text new life." YALE JOURNAL FOR HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE " 'On Being Ill' is one of those peculiarly fascinating essays that Woolf wrote which defy categorization: part mediation, part autobiography and part critical analysis; it refuses to be pigeon-holed. [...] I have no hesitation in recommending this new edition.... Paris Press is a non-profit organization and is to be congratulated on this splendid publication. If you do not already have this essay in your collection, this is a must." VIRGINIA WOOLF BULLETIN "This new and beautiful reprinting by Paris Press, a small nonprofit house in Massachusetts, replicates design elements of the Hogarth edition, including Vanessa Bell's cover art. It also contains a superb introduction by literary scholar and biographer Hermione Lee, who considers 'On Being Ill' one of Woolf's 'most daring, strange, and original essays.' " JOURNAL OF CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, "The essay has the virtue of suggesting an origin for [Virginia Woolf's] impassioned, circumnavigatory style: her racing, feverish mind." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "I'd assign my students to read, ten times daily, the first sentence of Virginia Woolf's brilliant and beautiful essay On Being Ill - until they learned to appreciate the full potential, the dazzling glory, and the clarity of the complex sentence.... [D]elicate but powerful... an effecting, resonant recapitulation and illustration of the inadequacy and superfluity of language in our efforts to describe human suffering." Francine Prose, BOOK FORUM "A most unusual and long-neglected reverie on illness, language and poetry - reprinted by the sterling Paris Press.... Woolf lets her consciousness roam over the unpredictable terrain of sickness - the sick body, the sick mind - and how difficult it is for us to find words to describe this altered state. This is a brilliant and odd book, charged with restrained emotion and sudden humor." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Examining her own familiarity with illness, Woolf undertakes a rigorous, compassionate, and droll investigation of how illness shapes the identity of a sick patient, particularly the invalid, not only affecting his or her perceptions of the world but also awakening the helplessness of being unable to convey those perceptions, or the effects of illness, to other. [...] Because of its enduring relevance, On Being Ill is a necessary and compelling read. The slender and striking hardbound edition from Paris Press gives an old text new life." YALE JOURNAL FOR HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE " ‘On Being Ill' is one of those peculiarly fascinating essays that Woolf wrote which defy categorization: part mediation, part autobiography and part critical analysis; it refuses to be pigeon-holed. [...] I have no hesitation in recommending this new edition.... Paris Press is a non-profit organization and is to be congratulated on this splendid publication. If you do not already have this essay in your collection, this is a must." VIRGINIA WOOLF BULLETIN "This new and beautiful reprinting by Paris Press, a small nonprofit house in Massachusetts, replicates design elements of the Hogarth edition, including Vanessa Bell's cover art. It also contains a superb introduction by literary scholar and biographer Hermione Lee, who considers ‘On Being Ill' one of Woolf's ‘most daring, strange, and original essays.' " JOURNAL OF CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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