Virginia Woolf – To The Lighthouse/The Waves

In this readers’ guide, Jane Goldman explores critical material on To the Lighthouse and The Waves , two of Woolf’s most important novels. The reader is guided through the critical debates that have centred on the novels, and is given a clear view of the widening scope of ‘Woolf Studies’. The guide includes extracts from the more recent innovatory work of Rachel Bowlby and Gillian Beer, as well as a significant revisionary essay from Jane Marcus, which has opened up important debates on race and Empire in ‘Woolf Studies’.