Ein eigenes Zimmer

Hardcover, 180 pages

German language

Published May 14, 2004 by Büchergilde Gutenberg.

ISBN:
978-3-7632-5515-3
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A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. The work is based on two lectures Woolf delivered in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, women's constituent colleges at the University of Cambridge.An important feminist text, the essay argues for both a literal and figurative space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by men. In her essay, Woolf uses metaphors to explore social injustices and comments on women’s lack of free expression. Her metaphor of a fish explains her most essential point, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”. She writes of a woman whose thought had “let its line down into the stream”. As the woman starts to think of an idea, a guard enforces a rule whereby women are not allowed to walk on the grass. …

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Un magnifique petit bout de littérature

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De quoi nous parle ce petit bouquin ? De femmes et de fiction. Plus précisément, des femmes romancière et poétesses. Ou plutôt de leur absence. « Beaucoup de livres écrits par des hommes parlent de femmes, mais il y a très peu de femmes qui parlent d'hommes ». On est pas du tout dans une conférence ou un écrit académique (même si l'autrice connaît très bien ses classiques). Woolf nous déroule le fil de ses pensées sur les deux jours précédant la conférence. Il ne s'y passe factuellement pas grand chose: elle marche sur une pelouse, se voit refuser l'accès à la bibliothèque, mange bien le midi et mal le soir. Mais ce qui importe, c'est ce que ces événements suscitent tout un tas de pensées qui éclosent de manière un peu foutraque, comme les bulles d'une eau en train de frémir.

La thèse qu'elle défend parmi tant d'autres est …

A hundred years old and still very much relevant

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Virginia Woolf explores the topic of "Women and Fiction". She describes a fictionalized research into this topic where she entertainingly experiences examples of her talking points during research. This style is very entertaining and makes it a breeze to read through this little essay.

In addition to her funny writing she's also making points that are sadly still relevant today. It's nothing advanced, but I'd say it's one of the best introductory texts into feminism.

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Brilliant method to addressing gendered domains. Woolf provides a great picture into the unequal footing men and women have at every stage of life, and explores the idea that what society considers important or historic may be what only men consider important.

I love how she attacks arguments head-on and re-scopes existing commentary on women, while asking her own interesting questions. It's difficult to think that someone could read Woolf and not come away a feminist.

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Why has so much intellect and treasure gone into producing property, education, and theories of superiority to justify the exclusion and suppression of women from society. It's a disservice to summarize this evocative essay of independence as a demand for women-controlled space and income.

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