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Diaries as Literature - The Case of Virginia Woolf

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In this Open Day taster lecture, Michael Whitworth considers whether diaries are literature and how women writers exploit the possibilities of this genre, looking particularly at the diaries of Virginia Woolf.

Date Published: 11 March 2019
Contributors:
Michael Whitworth
In Collection(s): Introducing modernism, Virginia Woolf, Writing lives: biography, autobiography, memoir, life-writing, Modernism
Keywords:
diaries, Virginia Woolf, life-writing
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Diaries as Literature - The Case of Virginia Woolf by Michael Whitworth at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/diaries-literature-case-virginia-woolf. Published on 11 March 2019. Accessed on 30 October 2025.

If reusing this resource please attribute as follows: Diaries as Literature - The Case of Virginia Woolf (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by Michael Whitworth, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).