
Published online:
22 March 2012
Published in print:
05 January 2006
Online ISBN:
9780748651849
Print ISBN:
9780748623495
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Chapter
1 From Woman Reader to Woman Writer: The Voyage Out
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19–43
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Published:January 2006
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de Gay, Jane, 'From Woman Reader to Woman Writer: The Voyage Out', Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past (Edinburgh , 2006; online edn, Edinburgh Scholarship Online, 22 Mar. 2012), https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748623495.003.0010, accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter takes a look at how The Voyage Out developed out of Woolf's reading experiences. One notable experience considered is her exploration of what it meant to read as a woman. The chapter describes The Voyage Out as a courtship novel that has some differences from other courtship narratives. It considers the novel to be about the silencing of female experience, especially the silence surrounding female sexuality. The chapter also shows that the novel was planned when Woolf experienced two close losses, and discusses Woolf's involvement with the literary past.
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