Between the Acts is Virginia Woolf's final novel, published in 1941. Set during a 1939 village pageant, it uses stream of consciousness to explore characters' inner lives against the backdrop of impending WWII, concluding with cautious optimism.
Between the Acts is the final novel by Virginia Woolf, published posthumously in 1941. Set in an English country house, it centers on a village pageant performed on a June afternoon in 1939, directed by a lesbian artist, Miss L.A. Trobe. The novel explores the inner thoughts of Isa through stream of consciousness and contrasts lasting English country values with the looming threat of World War II, ending on a note of qualified optimism.
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| Back | novel V. Woolf 1941 her last novel set in an English country house Isa , whose poetic inner thoughts are rendered in stream of consciousness and correspond to the metaphorical impulse which underlies the main action the novel centers upon the performance of a village pageant during a June afternoon in 1939 and is directed by a. lesbian artist, Miss LA trobe , whose creative aspirations are continually thwarted by reality the author's intention seems to be the celebrate the lasting values in English country life the imminent threat of annihilation in world war 2 is a recurrent background theme novel closes on a note of qualified optimism; 'before they slept, they must fight, after they had fought, they would embrace. from that embrace another life might be born Between the Acts is the final novel by Virginia Woolf. It was published shortly after her death in 1941. |
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