Virginia Woolfová patrí k najvýznamnejším modernistom 20. storočia, je považovaná za veľkú inovátorku v oblasti anglického jazyka a jeho použitia v beletristickom diele. Vo svojich dielach experimentovala s psychologickými motívmi a rôznymi možnosťami prerušovaného rozprávania a chronológie, sústredila sa na emocionálne stavy svojich postáv. Román Vlny patrí spolu s románmi Pani Dallowayová a kniha K majáku k vrcholu jej tvorby. Vychádza práve pod značkou Odeon vydavateľstva IKAR.
In this extraordinary essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of womanhood in the early twentieth century. With the startling prose and poetic licence of a novelist, she makes a bid for freedom, emphasizing that the lack of an independent income... Zobraziť viac
A Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf’s classic plea for a world in which women are free to use their gifts. In this influential extended essay and using powerful images.... Zobraziť viac
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY JACKIE KAY AND LISA JARDINE A village pageant is to take place at Pointz Hall, the country home of the Oliver family for time beyond memory. Written and directed by the energetic Miss La Trobe, the pageant will take... Zobraziť viac
The essay lays bare the woman artist’s struggle for a voice, since throughout history she has been denied the social and economic independence assumed by men... Zobraziť viac
In such conditions, Virginia Woolf takes to London's streets in search of a pencil. The account of her journey - the people, the places, the pleasure... Zobraziť viac
Bold and experimental, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway is a landmark in twentieth-century fiction and a book that gets better and better with every reading. On a perfect June morning, Clarissa Dalloway – fashionable, worldly, wealthy and an accomplished... Zobraziť viac
Written in the same period as Mrs Dalloway these seven short stories show the author's fascination with parties and with all the excitement, the fluctuations of mood and temper and the heightened emotions which surround these social occasions... Zobraziť viac
Jacob’s Room, Virginia Woolf’s third novel, marks her first foray into Modernist experimentation. The narrative traces Jacob’s childhood in Cornwall and his education at Cambridge, culminating ... Zobraziť viac
Román Vlny, poprvé publikovaný v roce 1931, patří k nejvýraznějším z experimentální tvorby Virginie Woolfové. Ústřední roli v něm má šest postav, vedoucích monology: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Luis, Jinny a Neville. Důležitá ...také sed Zobraziť viac
Roky je román Virginie Woolfové z roku 1937, poslední, který vydala za svého života. Sleduje historii rodiny Pargiterů od 80. let 19. století do poloviny 30. let století minulého. Přestože zde spisovatelka zachytila dobu tak dlouhou... Zobraziť viac
Orlando je piatou knihou z edície Knižná klasika denníka SME. Román v čase vydania zožal väčší úspech ako oveľa známejšie autorkine knihy. Počas deja 36-ročný muž prechádza výraznou premenou – stane sa z neho žena. Zmena pohlavia... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's last novel, in equal parts a triumphant celebration and witty mockery of 'Englishness', Between the Acts is edited by Stella McNichol, with an introduction and notes by Gillian Beer in Penguin Modern Classics... Zobraziť viac
Mrs Dalloway is a novel that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I. It is one of Woolf’s best-known novels... Zobraziť viac
The most popular of Virginia Woolf's novels during her lifetime, The Years is a savage indictment of British society at the turn of the century, edited with an introduction and notes by Jeri Johnson in Penguin Modern Classics... Zobraziť viac
Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from the time he is a small boy... Zobraziť viac
In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf was fifty-four on January 25, 1936, some three weeks after this final volume of her diary opens. Its last page was written four days before she drowned herself on March 28, 1941. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie... Zobraziť viac
'Clear, bright, burnished ... the moods that it expresses are a true kind of poetry' The New York TimesTracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual... Zobraziť viac
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University,Bakersfield.Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflect... Zobraziť viac
