Virginia Woolf: The Waves (Landmarks of World Literature)

Eric Warner Places The Waves In The Context Of Virginia Woolf's Career And Of The 'modern' Age In Which It Was Written. He Examines How She Came To Write The Novel, What Her Concerns Were At The Time, And How It Is Linked Both In Style And Theme With Her Earlier, More Accessible Works. A Final Chapter Explores The Problematic Relation Of The Book To The Genre Of The Novel. 1 Introduction Initial Bearings -- A Modern Outlook -- The Sense Of The Past -- The Piece Of The Waves -- 2 Intention -- Continuity And Interruption: Orlando -- 'these Mystical Feelings -- 3 Form -- Poetry, Prose, Drama -- Style -- Character -- Structure -- 4 Theme -- The Power Of Process -- Resisting The Flood -- Bernard's Summing Up -- Myth And Self -- 5 The Novel And The Waves -- The Plot Of Narrative -- The Time Of Story -- An Unwritten Novel -- 6 The Rhythm Of The Waves. Eric Warner. Bibliography: P. 111-113.

Eric Warner places The Waves in the context of Virginia Woolf's career and of the 'modern' age in which it was written. He examines how she came to write the novel, what her concerns were at the time, and how it is linked both in style and theme with her earlier, more accessible works. A final chapter explores the problematic relation of the book to the genre of the novel.