Dominican University of California
The Mystical Orientation of Virgina Woolf: Some General Comments
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This paper will be a modestly circumscribed one. I am going to examine Virginia Woolf's attitudes towards the mystery of transcendence, towards mysticism and towards death, first as she shows it in her own person through her diary and through a few comments of her husband and friends. Then, because even a cursory examination of A Writer's Diary shows us how inextricably interwoven were her life and art, I will examine in detail major characters from her major novels, those who seem to present more especially than other characters Mrs. Woolf's own view of reality, life and death. I will take these characters in order of their deepening perceptions about life. Certain essays of Mrs. Woolf's and numerous diary notations mention "moments" of vision." A number of her characters experience similar exalted moments. I think that these states of consciousness point to a significant spiritual stance on Mrs. Woolf's part.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 1975
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Carroll, Diane
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/160
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1159