![]() Her question throughout the essay is: "Why is that?"Īs she cannot accept the idea that men are physically and mentally stronger (an explanation she hears and finds in reference literature), there must be a different reason, which she sets out to discover. ![]() She goes on to reflect on the development of literature, and the fact that men historically have produced more works of art than women. A man interrupts, and the thought disappears, never to be found again. ![]() Quiet space and time are fundamentally important, and women have been denied both over the course of history.Īs Woolf is a storyteller, even when she writes nonfiction, she demonstrates the creative process by evoking an afternoon on the riverbank, where she catches a thought just like a fish. If you are constantly in company, then "casual interruptions", as Woolf calls them, will eventually make you give up and do something less challenging. Whoever loves art, literature, and the act of writing, drawing or reading knows how hard it is to keep the deep concentration necessary to achieve something of relative creative value. "EVERYTHING, it has EVERYTHING to do with a room of one's own!" I don't even need to read Virginia Woolf's justification before I exclaim: ![]() "But, you may say, we asked you to speak about women and fiction - what has that got to do with a room of one's own?" The opening sentence caught me, right away: I would have needed it when I was 18, and 25, and last year and yesterday! I can't believe I only read this book now. ![]()
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