{"product_id":"a-room-of-ones-own-introduction-by-merve-emre-hardcover","title":"A Room of One's Own: Introduction by Merve Emre - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMerve Emre\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf's classic plea for a world in which women are free to use their gifts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this influential extended essay, Woolf outlines what women need in order to fully make use of their innate abilities. Using provocative images and memorable thought experiments--including the fictional Judith Shakespeare, who is as talented as her brother William but limited in ways he was not--Woolf decries the means by which women have been held back throughout history and in her own time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoolf urges both men and women to break free of the limitations of their roles and develop new traditions in which they can explore the depths and peaks of human experience through writing about ordinary things and ordinary people--a process in which she herself was a pioneer. \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own, \u003c\/i\u003e first published in 1929, has been a rallying cry for generations of women and continues to be an inspiration in our own century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was born in London. A pioneer in the narrative use of stream of consciousness, she published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1915. This was followed by literary criticism and essays, most notably \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own, \u003c\/i\u003e and other acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrlando.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMERVE EMRE is a professor at Wesleyan University, where she is also the director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eParaliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine, Bookforum, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Baffler, n+1, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984097870125,"sku":"9781101908501","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/wQ3RGBlMm69781101908501.webp?v=1776081927","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-room-of-ones-own-introduction-by-merve-emre-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}