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Orlando is generally considered Woolf's most accessible and influential novels. Concerning the 300 year life of a man born during the reign of Elizabeth I and his quest to write a great poem, having love affairs as both man and women against the backdrop of some of the most important moments in European history. This novel has been hugely influential stylistically and is still an important moment in literary history and particularly in women's writing and gender studies. Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer. She is widely hailed as being among the most influential modernist…mehr

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Orlando is generally considered Woolf's most accessible and influential novels. Concerning the 300 year life of a man born during the reign of Elizabeth I and his quest to write a great poem, having love affairs as both man and women against the backdrop of some of the most important moments in European history. This novel has been hugely influential stylistically and is still an important moment in literary history and particularly in women's writing and gender studies. Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer. She is widely hailed as being among the most influential modernist authors of the 20th century and a pioneer of stream of consciousness narration. She suffered numerous nervous breakdowns during her life primarily as a result of the deaths of family members, and it is now believed that she may have suffered from bipolar disorder. In 1941, Woolf drowned herself in the River Ouse at Lewes, aged 59. Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this classic novel now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer, born in South Kensington, London. Known for her feminist writings and pioneering work with the narrative style of stream of consciousness, Woolf is widely considered to be one of the most influential modernist writers of the 20th century. Some of her most famous works include Mrs. Dalloway, 1925, To the Lighthouse, 1927, and A Room of One's Own, 1929.
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So viel Tohuwabohu und Travestie wie in Virginia Woolfs Roman „Orlando“ hat die Literatur seit den seligen Tagen Tristram Shandys nicht mehr gesehen. Die subtile Melodie dieses von einem sprachlichen Feuerwerk begleiteten furiosen Mummenschanzes, unterlegt mit feinstem britischen Humor, musste hiesigen Ohren bislang etwas verborgen bleiben. Mit Melanie Walz’ Neuübersetzung hat ein vermeintlich verstaubter Klassiker aus dem vorigen Jahrhundert endlich den passenden Sound gefunden. Mit der als staubtrockene Biografie getarnten, rund fünf Jahrhunderte währenden Geschichte eines unsterblichen Helden, der sich im Verlauf der Erzählung als eine entzückende Heldin entpuppt, wollte Woolf nach eigenem Bekunden so richtig „über die Stränge schlagen“. So hatte sie es Lord, pardon Lady Orlandos leibhaftigem Modell, ihrer Freundin und Geliebten Vita Sackville-West angekündigt. Deren Sohn nannte den Roman, der im Übrigen ganze soziologische Abhandlungen zum Thema Sex und Gender ersetzen kann, den „längsten und bezauberndsten Liebesbrief in der Literatur“. Kein Wunder, ist doch hier einfach alles anders. VOLKER BREIDECKER
    
      
Virginia Woolf: Orlando. Eine Biografie. Aus dem Englischen von Melanie Walz. Insel Verlag, Berlin 2015. 304 Seiten, 8 Euro.
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