Woolf, Virginia : Adeline Virginia (1882-1941), English novelist & a most distinguished critic of her time. She was the wife of Leonard Woolf.
... Ketkar (University of Calcutta, 1927). Woodroffe, Sir John. Is India Civilized ? (Ganesh 8c Co., Madras, 1918). The World as Power (Ganesh 8c Co., Madras, 1956). Woolf, Virginia. The Common Reader, First Series (The Hogarth Press, London, 1951). III. MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual. Published by the Sri Aurobindo ...
... nothing for him to hang on to! This is but the expression of the Lilliputian point of view, and leaves the white radiance of Savitri wholly unaffected. Commenting on the great Russian novelists, Virginia Woolf says: In reading Tchekov we find ourselves repeating the word Page 354 'soul' again and again. It sprinkles his pages...Indeed, it is the soul that... the same time filled with a giddy rapture...It is the soul that matters, its passion, its tumult, its astonishing medley of beauty and vileness.... 198 Like many others, Virginia Woolf too is not quite at ease in this world of the soul, but she can see that it has its own tremendous reality; she doesn't close her eyes resolutely and proclaim: "I see nothing: there is nothing ...
... During the last several months I have been asking myself why, having wavered for quite some time between Virginia Woolf and Savitri as my subject for the PhD course, I finally chose the latter. I should perhaps say rather that whereas I chose Virginia Woolf, Savitri chose me. Sir Aurobindo's portraits adorn the walls of my parental home, and I have grown up in silent and reverent ...
... and ignorant way of living is not likely to produce them. There may indeed be a lucky accident even in the worst circumstances—but one cannot count on accidents. A George Eliot, a George Sand, a Virginia Woolf, a Sappho, or even a Comtesse de Noailles grew up in other circumstances. 30 April 1933 What a stupidly rigid principle! 4 Can Buddhadev really write nothing except what he has seen or ...
... different in those days. 5 February 1932 Page 671 Dilip says, "If you want to publish your literary work, you must see that people understand it—not the public at large but, as Virginia Woolf says, a select public." What is not understood or appreciated by one select circle may be understood or appreciated by another select circle or in the future like Blake's poetry. Nobody appreciated ...
... worthless, as Mother said. It is experience, and experience alone, which is the touchstone of all truths - not opinions - whether mine, yours or anybody else's. We might usefully recall Virginia Woolf’s words about the opinions of literary critics: "Hot as java, discoloured as dishwater." The test I apply is simple. If I respond with a shock of inner recognition to a mood, perception ...
... some blood purification is surely necessary. July 23, 1936 D says: "If you want to publish your literary work, you must see that people understand it—not the public at large, but, as Virginia Woolf says, a select public. Otherwise don't publish at all. The very idea of publication means an appreciation, and how can one appreciate an unintelligible thing?" What is not understood or appreciated ...
... in speaking of beauty if the terms "pleasure, rest, balance, integration" are enough. Beauty in its full and final meaning implies a Form through which some absolute perfection impinges on us. Virginia Woolf, in her biography of Roger Fry, quotes from a letter by that famous art-critic to Robert Bridges: "One can only say that those who experience the aesthetic emotion feel it to have a peculiar quality ...
... other of them, but the purdah is not likely to produce them, though there may be a lucky accident in the worst circumstances, but one can't count on accidents. A George Eliot, a George Sand, a Virginia Woolf, a Sappho, or even a Comtesse de Noailles grew up in other circumstances. May 1933? It is true that the removal of the sex-impulse in all its forms and, generally, of the vital ...
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