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Wild Outbursts of Freedom
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WILD OUTBURSTS
OF FREEDOM Reading Virginia Woolf's Short Fiction
Nena Skrbic
Contributions to the Study of World Literature, Number 125
PRAEGER
Westport, co London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Skrbic, Nena. Wild outbursts of freedom : reading Virginia Woolf's short fiction / Nena Skrbic. p. cm. — (Contributions to the study of world literature, ISSN 0738-9345 ; no. 125) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-32376-3 (alk. paper) 1. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941-—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941—Technique. 3. Short story. I. Title. II. Series. PR6045.O72Z8765 2004 823' .912—dc22 2003062255 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2004 by Nena Skrbic All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003062255 ISBN: 0-313-32376-3 ISSN: 0738-9345 First published in 2004 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 987654321 Copyright Acknowledgments The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the following: Excerpts from Monks House Papers A.5c and A.26c. Reproduced by permission of The Society of Authors as the Literary Representatives of the Estate of Virginia Woolf. Excerpts from The Manchester Zoo (Monks House Papers, A.24a), Sunday up the River (Monks House Papers, A.23a), and The Penny Steamer (Monks House Papers, A.23b). Reproduced by permission of The Society of Authors as the Literary Representatives of the Estate of Virginia Woolf. Excerpts from letter by Gerald Brenan to Virginia Woolf, dated 30 April 1922. Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Gerald Brenan c/o Margaret Hanbury, 27 Walcot Square, London, SE11 4UB. All rights reserved. Excerpts from letter by Roger Fry, dated 18 October 1918. Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Roger Fry, c/o Annabel Cole. Excerpts from letter by Clive Bell, dated 19 July 1917. Reproduced by permission of The Society of Authors as the Literary Representatives of the Estate of Clive Bell. Excerpts from manuscript material in the Berg Collection, Berg, Sussex, Microfilm 11. Reproduced by permission of The Society of Authors as the Literary Representatives of the Estate of Virginia Woolf.
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