Virginia Woolf

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Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • English author: Virginia Woolf was a 20th-century English writer known for her novels, essays, and literary criticism. She was a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group, an influential circle of intellectuals and artists.
    • Literary innovator: She is particularly noted for pioneering narrative techniques such as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue to explore the inner lives of her characters.
Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • We are studying the works of Virginia Woolf in my modern literature class.
    • Virginia Woolf's essay "A Room of One's Own" is a foundational feminist text.
    • The novel "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf takes place over a single day.
Advanced Usage
  • "Woolfian" (adjective): Characteristic of or resembling the style, themes, or techniques of Virginia Woolf.
    • The novel's introspective and fluid narrative is distinctly Woolfian.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bloomsbury Group: The name of the intellectual and artistic circle to which Virginia Woolf belonged.
  • Stream of consciousness: A narrative mode she helped popularize, attempting to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings passing through the mind.
Synonyms
  • Writer
  • Novelist
  • Essayist
  • Modernist author
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "A room of one's own": This phrase, from the title of her famous essay, has become an idiom representing the need for personal and financial independence, especially for women engaged in creative work.
    • To write, she felt she needed a room of her own and a stable income.
Noun
  1. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)

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