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Virginia Woolf, journaliste
200 pages, Paperback
Published January 22, 2025
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November 25, 2025
DNF - Une écriture assez pauvre, surfacielle et limitée en analyse dont le seul intérêt résidait dans les extraits fréquents de VW, à ce stade, je préfère directement lire ses œuvres. La thèse soutenue est si peu argumentée à part "elle écrit des articles dans des journaux, elle est journaliste👍" toutes les 2 pages, et à partir de la moitié on commence sérieusement à tourner en rond au niveau des sujets, je n'ai pas pu continuer. Néanmoins je salue le travail de recherche qui a dû être long tant la documentation est conséquente, même si je pense qu'il était déjà à la portée de quiconque s'intéresse à la vie de VW. Ça innove peu mais ça a le mérite de rassembler au même endroit, j'imagine...
Et bon sang qualifier systématiquement les amantes de VW comme amies proches, en 2025, ça fait souffler. Ça donne l'impression de lire tout au mieux un commentaire de texte de quelqu'un qui a certes tout lu mais n'a pas vraiment compris Woolf, et c'est dommage.
Et bon sang qualifier systématiquement les amantes de VW comme amies proches, en 2025, ça fait souffler. Ça donne l'impression de lire tout au mieux un commentaire de texte de quelqu'un qui a certes tout lu mais n'a pas vraiment compris Woolf, et c'est dommage.
March 8, 2025
i'm disappointed... (and sad to be)
if you know me, you know i'm a huge admirer of Woolf and still, i didn't know much about her work as a journalist. I didn't know she created a family newspaper as a child, got her first paid as a journalist, wrote many articles about the Brontës (!!) and dedicated time to journalism thoughout her whole life, in addition to writing and edition. So i was super excited to read about all of that!
and still, after reading this, i still didn't learn much... The first chapter about the birth of journalism in her life and her family heritage was super interesting. And the last chapter about journalism as activism was great! Virginia Woolf wasn't an outside activist but she strongly defended political causes such as feminism and pacifism through her literary work, especially as a journalist. For example, Geneviève Brisac (French writer and lover of Woolf) believes that Woolf's suicidal was also political, due to the rise of Hitler and Nazism.
but the whole essay was very long, repetitive, only quoting sentences from her articles and didn't say much about it, which was very frustrating.
it's a double shame because i went to a literary event with the author and i loved listening to her, she was so captivating to listen to. But not to read apparently... (also the misspellings in this book??!)
nevertheless, the sources and bibliography are insane and i can't wait to go read Woolf's articles and connect with her in another literary way 🩷
if you know me, you know i'm a huge admirer of Woolf and still, i didn't know much about her work as a journalist. I didn't know she created a family newspaper as a child, got her first paid as a journalist, wrote many articles about the Brontës (!!) and dedicated time to journalism thoughout her whole life, in addition to writing and edition. So i was super excited to read about all of that!
and still, after reading this, i still didn't learn much... The first chapter about the birth of journalism in her life and her family heritage was super interesting. And the last chapter about journalism as activism was great! Virginia Woolf wasn't an outside activist but she strongly defended political causes such as feminism and pacifism through her literary work, especially as a journalist. For example, Geneviève Brisac (French writer and lover of Woolf) believes that Woolf's suicidal was also political, due to the rise of Hitler and Nazism.
but the whole essay was very long, repetitive, only quoting sentences from her articles and didn't say much about it, which was very frustrating.
it's a double shame because i went to a literary event with the author and i loved listening to her, she was so captivating to listen to. But not to read apparently... (also the misspellings in this book??!)
nevertheless, the sources and bibliography are insane and i can't wait to go read Woolf's articles and connect with her in another literary way 🩷
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