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LIFE:
https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37018?rskey=8PSlYD&result=3#odnb-9780198614128-e-37018-div1-d1694252e179https://mantex.co.uk/virginia-woolf-life-and-works/ https://www.bl.uk/people/virginia-woolf Boeira MV, Berni GÁ, Passos IC, Kauer-Sant'Anna M, Kapczinski F. Virginia Woolf, neuroprogression, and bipolar disorder.?Braz J Psychiatry. 2017;39(1):69-71. doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2016-1962https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112729/
Hogarth Presshttps://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/the-hogarth-press
Vita Sackville-Westhttps://mantex.co.uk/vita-sackville-west-biography/
WORKS:
Phyllis and Rosamondhttps://mantex.co.uk/phyllis-and-rosamond/
The Voyage Outhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/148905.The_Voyage_Out https://www.gutenberg.org/files/144/144-h/144-h.htm
Night and Dayhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116056.Night_and_Day
Mrs Dallowayhttps://interestingliterature.com/2015/05/interesting-facts-about-mrs-dalloway/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14942.Mrs_Dalloway?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hWj9GLYyuZ&rank=1
To the Lighthousehttps://interestingliterature.com/2016/02/a-summary-and-analysis-of-woolfs-to-the-lighthouse/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59716.To_the_Lighthouse https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100101.txt
Orlandohttps://interestingliterature.com/2015/06/the-best-virginia-woolf-books/https://lithub.com/on-orlando-and-virginia-woolfs-defiance-of-time/
The Waves: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0201091h.htmlhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46114.The_Waves
The Years:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18852.The_Years?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=3kU5drVf8D&rank=1https://campuspress.yale.edu/modernismlab/the-years/
Three Guineashttps://www.bl.uk/collection-items/three-guineas-by-virginia-woolf
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@Themis33 Says:
I've always been drawn to this woman, however, I had no idea I had the same childhood as her. 😢
@zamplify Says:
She filled her pockets with rocks and walked into the sea?
@MrAbz2012 Says:
You should give spoiler warnings for telling the ending of
Mrs. Dalloway :-(
@Satire.with.Mayank Says:
Can you do Jane Austen next ?
@francisfischer7620 Says:
Such a hideous, horrible woman and a more disgusting writer. Truly and utterly horrible.
@beataannanowak659 Says:
If she only knew that in the future people will make money because of her suffering
@Oughut88 Says:
Dreadful, affected presentation.
@ELFey4ever Says:
Could you do an episode about Dame Agatha Christie? I can hardly believe that you left her out, so far!
@btetschner Says:
A+ video!
It is much easier to understand her life after watching this.
@briandoss9232 Says:
Oof. Why are so many men in history creeps? Moreover, why isn't anyone talking about it?
@ursulayost2371 Says:
A very emotional episode. If I knew it contained mental illness & suicide I think I would have put off watching it until I was feeling less emotionally bruised.
Other than my feelings, it was a fantastic episode & makes me want to read her works. Thank you for educating me.
@markgordon8681 Says:
Hard to believe these selfish people in the Bloomsbury group were descended from the Clapham Sect.☹️
@majaber1 Says:
Virginia Wolfe, what a great and sad loss to the world that she died before her time. Her writing captures what the french philosophers call the big unknown....referring to the nature of reality - which also embodies the essence of our true nature. VW describes and captures it so well, sublime, poetic and beautiful. Her brilliant illumination of how patriarchy has led humanity into successive wars and all of the senseless destruction of people and beauty. Looking around the world today, especially in America, we see rumblings of authoritarianism/fascism rise again, attempting to stamp out anything and anybody that stands in the way of its pursuit of power, including democracy.
@donsandsii4642 Says:
....and now, the people who WERE afraid of Virginia Woolf....
@TheHikeChoseMe Says:
so she was a lesbian and of course they threw her in an insane asylum.
@livrowland171 Says:
Funny to hear Simon make remarks at the start about how much John Green somehow does.. Was just thinking how Simon himself pops up on all sorts of Channels and must be a very busy chap
@wendychavez5348 Says:
I knew Virginia Woolf had contributed tons to my life, both in literature and otherwise, though I hadn't realized the full extent of it until now! Thanks again, Simon, for condensing it all into 20 minutes of easy-to-comprehend tidbits!
@wendychavez5348 Says:
John Greene: Aspiring to be like Simon Whistler!
@juancana457 Says:
Vita's facial structure IMPLIES high levels serum androgen. Ms Wolf seemed to've found a hermaphrodite, or a close proximity?
@nadousha22 Says:
Impressive work. Super duper professional. Could you please make a video about her author friend Katherine Mansfield? @Biographics
@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs Says:
Speaking of famous female writers who committed suicide and wrote amazing works, it's appropriate we query a video about Sylvia Plath
@claudiaigsa6900 Says:
I didn't expect John Green to be mentioned in this video but I welcome it hahahha
@audreymuzingo933 Says:
Wow they really exaggerated the shnozz for Nicole Kidman's movie portrayal. It wasn't that big at all!!!!
@AC8X Says:
More about Vita Sackville-West:
She was a hopeless romantic and would run off for months at a time on adventures with her female lovers, much to the dismay of her aristocrat mother, who'd drag her back to polite society. Her openness about her sexuality was impressive for the time and made her a comedically ineffective beard for her husband. After meeting and becoming enamored with Virginia Woolf, Vita switched to publishing her own books through Hogarth Press, which is what really caused the business to take off and gave Virginia enough of a safety net to be more daring with her writing. Their decade-long relationship coincides with the peak of both women's creative careers. In her lifetime, Vita was more commercially successful than Virginia, but she was also the first to call her writing garbage compared to Virginia's. She was compassionate and encouraging and was, by Virginia's own account, singularly responsible for helping Virginia heal from her trauma and drastically improve her terrible self-image. The Lighthouse is partly inspired by how desperately Virginia missed Vita when she was away, and it's no coincidence that A Room Of One's Own challenged the same patriarchal constructs that prevented Vita from inheriting her family's estate because of her gender.
If you look at the way we talk about Virginia Woolf, it's no wonder why people with mental illness have such difficult lives. There's plenty of discussion of her abuse and how it may have impacted her mental state. The frankly awful way her husband handled her trauma is glossed over or forgotten. Meanwhile, there's little recognition and no celebration of the person who actually helped and supported her in a way that made a difference.
@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Says:
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
@maverick7291 Says:
A messed up girl due to messed up people, but her personality and views she would have fit in well with the rest of the SJW feminist of today, who blame everything from the economy to their shoe laces being untied on the patriarchy. Even her husband sounded like a soy boy.
@willhovell9019 Says:
Can't wait to hear Simon's unique occasional mispronunciation, and use of" ironically". 😂
@thehumanconsensus Says:
Simon questioning how John Green has time to do more than write books made me laugh. Didn't you just make yet ANOTHER channel Whistle boy? That's 4 new ones in the past year!
@CallMeMax. Says:
Victoria Claflin Woodhull should be next!
@tinamoir2450 Says:
Simon Whistler calling out John Green on how prevalent he is!
@Angel_1394 Says:
I never knew so much about her. She was truly amazing and strong.
@fishsticks3729 Says:
John green smear
@Monstro732 Says:
Can you do one on Andrew Jackson
@Mulambdaline1 Says:
So sad, she had a tough life. I wish she would have lived a better more peaceful life.
@willo2032 Says:
A request for Eamon de Valera, former Taoiseach of Ireland. Love the content
@atheistmom3591 Says:
Lol you gotta give a trigger warning if you’re gonna play hymns in the background! Am I right, Peter?!?
@Jac-gu3nt Says:
I would like to see a video about roy cohn
@EmoryStudy Says:
What an amazing woman
@fadysameh7158 Says:
an episode about D H lawrence and johny cash
@lukaslundstrom5221 Says:
You should make a video on Skanderbeg.
@sliveredtongue Says:
Simon shading John Green when Simon has how many channels on YouTube? Very classic.
@CristinaMarshal Says:
You say John Green is the busy soul, have you seen yourself with all the channels you do, Simon Whistler...?
@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 Says:
Her half bro sounds almost as perverted as me. Though instead I'd take her to pound town at night and try not to be as mean during the day like he was.
@ethanramos4441 Says:
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people”
Virginia Woolf
@lesliegordon2313 Says:
Simon, your delivery is so crisp and refreshing. Pure pleasure in whatever topic you discuss. I'm always learning from your channel. Keep up the splendid work you do.
@thesuccessfulone Says:
9:18 A penniless jew is a compliment
@flamencoprof Says:
Please do another strong woman writer: Anaïs Nin. a very complex character, and as brave and frank as Virginia.
@flamencoprof Says:
I had a Virginia Woolf phase about twenty years ago, I think prompted by the movie "The Hours". I bought and read some of her books. I was most impressed by The Waves; as mentioned here, it was her insightful evocation of the characters through their mundane thoughts. It made me realise just how much "internal monologue" or "unconscious bias" had been going on in my own mind.
@aintmisbehavin7400 Says:
LOL @ John Green joke. Hmmm, who do we know who's also prolific in content creation? 🤔
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