Self-invention, self-construction, self-reinvention: versions of self in the novels of Virginia Woolf

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dc.contributor.advisorVandervlist, Harry
dc.contributor.authorBryce, Lisa Holly
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-29T22:11:59Z
dc.date.available2005-07-29T22:11:59Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 93-94.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis describes Virginia Woolf's representation of the self in three novels. In Mrs Dalloway, the self is a continuously-changing entity, confronting through particular memories former selves from the perspective of the present moment and the present self. Therefore the self is made up of a successive series of selves, progressively moving towards the present composite self. Woolf retains this view of the self in To the Lighthouse and The Waves, but alters the way in which she presents self-composition. In To the Lighthouse, the self is rendered as a painting. Woolf reinvents the self in The Waves by minimizing the narrator's voice so that the selfhoods of the six characters emerge entirely from their thought processes. Jacob's Room introduces this study, showing Woolf's initial work towards her fully-constructed vision of selfhood. Between the Acts is considered in the conclusion as a novel emphasizing that the Modernist self is fragmented to the point of disintegration.
dc.format.extentvi, 94 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationBryce, L. H. (1995). Self-invention, self-construction, self-reinvention: versions of self in the novels of Virginia Woolf (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19035en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/19035
dc.identifier.isbn0612031349en
dc.identifier.lccPR 6045 O72 Z5828 1995en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/29837
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccPR 6045 O72 Z5828 1995en
dc.subject.lcshWoolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshSelf in literature
dc.titleSelf-invention, self-construction, self-reinvention: versions of self in the novels of Virginia Woolf
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 964 520538274
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