To the Lighthouse Summary
Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882. Her family belonged to Victorian London’s upper-middle-class intellectual elite; her father, Les... Read more

Biography EssayThe writings of Virginia Woolf have always been admired by discriminating readers, but her work has suffered, as has that of many other major authors, periods of neglect by the literary... Read more

English writer Virginia Woolf was one of the most innovative and influential literary figures of the twentieth century. A prolific author of essays, journals, letters, and long and short fiction, she ... Read more

Virginia Woolf is known primarily as a novelist rather than as an essayist, although she was a prolific writer of essays. Indeed, one of her advocates has gone so far as to say that her reputation as ... Read more

In the following essay, Blotner argues for a mythic reading of To the Lighthouse, maintaining that both a coherent narrative plot and the final meaning of the novel can be located in the character of ... Read more

In the following essay, Lilienfeld contends that the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay is founded on Victorian social and personal principles that are destructive to them both and that Woolf, in To the ... Read more

In the following essay, Stewart compares Woolf's literary technique in To the Lighthouse with the artistic techniques—particularly the use of color—of painters of the post-Impress... Read more

In the following essay, Saunders discusses Woolf's style in To the Lighthouse and its relation to the notion of self that she constructs. I. Preliminary Considerations The project of this pa... Read more

In the following essay, Levy argues that “at the most profound level, To the Lighthouse portrays the journey toward tragic vision, where the object perceived is the transience of the perceiving... Read more

In the following essay, Hardy argues that Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay represent the “Masculine Principle and the Feminine Principle” and, as such, symbolize the tension between subject and objec... Read more

In the following essay, Proudfit contends that the meaning of To the Lighthouse, and particularly the figure of Mrs. Ramsay, is largely contained in the post-Impressionistic quality of Lily Briscoe&#x... Read more

In the following essay, Friedman argues in favor of multiple interpretations of the symbolism in To the Lighthouse, particularly because of Woolf's belief in the supremacy of the individual�... Read more

In the following essay, Gregor argues that the autobiographical elements in To the Lighthouse ultimately compromise the novel's success because of Woolf's difficulty in distancing hersel... Read more

Q: Discuss the third section as befitting conclusion to novel" "To the Lighthouse" is based on stream of conscious technique. It mainly deals with the different ways of perceiving the life. Many of... Read more