Women Knitting: Domestic Activity, Writing, and Distance in Virginia Woolf's Fiction.

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  • Author(s): Okumura, Sayaka (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    English Studies. Apr2008, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p166-181. 16p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      FICTION; WOOLF, Virginia, 1882-1941; EVERYDAY life; HOUSEHOLD employees; WOMEN; WRITING; MASCULINITY; MARCUS, Jane; CRITICS
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the distinction between the activities of women in the Virginia Woolf's fiction. The author emphasizes that the fiction is closely analyzed on the descriptions of female characters who engaged in domestic duties related to writing. A feminist critic Jane Marcus has considered the fiction as foremother of a female literary tradition wherein the daily work and life of women are inseparable to their arts. It is stated that writing is connected to the masculinity as a mode of highly demonstrative and self-centered action.