Send us a textIt is officially 100yrs since the publication of Mrs Dalloway. To celebrate, we have just released a podcast episode with Prof Mark Hussey on his new 'biography' of the novel. In the course of this interview we discussed the evolution of Mrs Dalloway, Woolf's various sources of inspiration, and the novel's many afterlives. We also talked about how re-reading the novel across a lifetime grants it a new kind of biography, an autobiography mapped on to our own lives and experiences. To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridge and Instagram @litcamb
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The Bloomsbury Photographs with Maggie Humm
Send us a textIn this episode, Karina speaks with Professor Maggie Humm about her new book, 'The Bloomsbury Photographs.' They discuss the importance of photography to the Bloomsbury members, the cameras they used, and the role of photograph albums in the curation of their intimate, creative lives. http://www.maggiehumm.net/ https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2024/10/25/the-bloomsbury-photographs/To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridge and Instagram @litcamb
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Rural Hours with Harriet Baker
Send us a textHarriet Baker joins Karina to discuss her new book, 'Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann.' Together they explore how rural living affected the work of these three innovative authors, and profoundly shaped their personal and political lives. The book is available from Allen Lane publishers and all good bookshops. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/staff/phd/profiles/bakerh.htmlhttps://www.waterstones.com/book/rural-hours/harriet-baker/9780241540510To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridge and Instagram @litcamb
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Virginia Woolf in Japan, episode 2
Send us a textIn the second part of our series on Woolf in Japan, Karina visits Etc bookshop, a feminist bookshop in Tokyo. There, she speaks to the bookshop's founder, Akiko Matsuo, who believes Woolf's work is inspiring a whole community of Japanese feminists. Karina also speaks to the novelist and translator Aoko Matsuda, who discusses what it means to 'think back through our mothers' if we are women. Her book 'Eko no Mori' is partly inspired by Mrs Dalloway.You can find more about Etc books and Aoko Matsuda below:https://www.instagram.com/etc.books_bookshop/https://www.instagram.com/matsudaoko/ The episode was funded by The Daiwa Foundation. The translator and co-producer was Aki Katyama.To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridge and Instagram @litcamb
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Making Sense of The Dreadnaught Hoax with Danell Jones
Send us a textIn 1910 a young Virginia Woolf engaged in a prank now known as The Dreadnought Hoax. The episode, which involved her pretending to be an Abyssinian Prince and wearing blackface, has divided and embarrassed scholars of her work, many of whom prefer not to dwell on it.Danell Jones, author of 'The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race, and The Dreadnaught Hoax' is the first researcher to deeply consider this moment in Woolf's biography while also engaging with the Black experience in Britain, including the stories of real princes to Caribbean writers and South African activists. Karina asks Danell what really happened during the Hoax and what legacies it leaves. The book can be purchased through multiple outlets including: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-girl-prince/For a discount, use promo code THEGIRLPRINCE25https://danelljones.com/the-girl-prince-virginia-woolf-race-and-the-dreadnought-hoax/To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridge and Instagram @litcamb
Dr Karina Jakubowicz talks with writers, artists, and academics whose work has been influenced by the modernist writer, Virginia Woolf. This podcast is made in association with Literature Cambridge, an independent educational organisation that provides university-style lectures on a wide range of literary subjects. Head to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk for more info.
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