A Modernist
Novelist
•Along with James Joyce and William Faulkner,
Virginia Woolf is considered one of the undisputed masters
of “Stream of consciousness” writing.
•All of the greatest Virginia Woolf novels challenge how we
think about the nature of human perception with their
experimental prose and non-linear plots. Although her
major works were written in the 1920s, Woolf’s fiction is as
fresh today as it was back then.
•Most readers often describe her writing style, especially in
her major novels, as “Fluid.” Indeed, the symbol of the sea
comes up again and again in Woolf’s works. Woolf
seamlessly moves in and out of her character’s minds to give
us a radical insight into the interconnectedness of the
universe.
•Despite all of Woolf’s political writings, her greatest works
deal with those eternal questions surrounding birth, aging,
and death.
