ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1990, Women of Bloomsbury takes a fresh look at the lives of Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell, and Dora Carrington. Connected by more than bonds of friendship and artistic endeavour, the three women faced similar struggles. Juxtaposing their personal lives and their work, Mary Ann Caws shows us with feeling and clarity the pain women suffer in being artists and in finding – or creating – their sense of self. Relying on unpublished letters and diaries, as well as familiar texts, Caws give us a portrait of the female self in the act of creation.

chapter 1|8 pages

Personal Criticism: A Matter of Choice

chapter 2|20 pages

These Working Women

chapter 3|19 pages

Virginia

chapter 4|21 pages

Together, with Virginia

chapter 5|46 pages

Vanessa

chapter 6|41 pages

Carrington

chapter 7|28 pages

How We See, How We Are

chapter |16 pages

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