Additional Resources for The New Dress by Virginia Woolf

The New Dress Further Reading

Baldwin, Dean R. Virginia Woolf: A Study of the ShortFiction, Twayne, 1989, pp. 1-76.

A book-length analysis of Woolf's short stories which places them in a largely biographical context. Also contains short critical essays on selected stories.

Chapman, R. T. "'The Lady in the Looking-Glass': Modes of Perception in a Short Story by Virginia Woolf," Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3, Autumn, 1972, pp. 331- 37.

Explains that Woolf's stories are fillled with the minute details of life. The way characters perceive these details constantly changes and drives the narratives forward to well- structured totalities that serve a greater function than the constituent parts.

Hussey, Mark. Virginia Woolf A-Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life and Writings, Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 169-79.

An indispensable reference tool that provides lengthy historical and critical entries on Woolf's fiction, diaries, letters, and essays. It also offers...
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